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Usage
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   (try expr* catch-clause* finally-clause?)

Docstring
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  catch-clause => (catch classname name expr*)
  finally-clause => (finally expr*)

  Catches and handles Java exceptions.

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Example 1

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;; for Clojurescript use js/Object as type
(try
  (/ 1 0)
  (catch js/Object e
    (.log js/console e)))

Example 2

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=> (try
     (/ 1 0)
     (catch Exception e (str "caught exception: " (.getMessage e))))

"caught exception: Divide by zero"