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title: Error.prototype.columnNumber
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error/columnNumber
translation_of: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error/columnNumber
original_slug: Web/JavaScript/Referencje/Obiekty/Error/columnNumber
---
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<p>The <code><strong>columnNumber</strong></code> property contains the column number in the line of the file that raised this error.</p>

<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>

<h3 id="Using_columnNumber">Using <code>columnNumber</code></h3>

<pre class="brush: js">var e = new Error('Could not parse input');
throw e;
console.log(e.columnNumber) // 0
</pre>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<p>Not part of any specification. Non-standard.</p>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

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<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

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 <li>{{jsxref("Error.prototype.stack")}} {{non-standard_inline}}</li>
 <li>{{jsxref("Error.prototype.lineNumber")}} {{non-standard_inline}}</li>
 <li>{{jsxref("Error.prototype.fileName")}} {{non-standard_inline}}</li>
</ul>