jQuery jAM, Season 6

Exercise 8.1

Retry

	 
function MultiplicatorUnitFailure(){}

function primitiveMultiply(a,b){
	if(Math.random() < 0.5)
		return a * b;
	else
		throw new MultiplicatorUnitFailure();
}

function reliableMultiply(a,b){
	for (;;){
		try{
			return primitiveMultiply(a,b);
		}catch(e){
			if(!(e instanceof MultiplicatorUnitFailure))
			throw e;
		}
	}
}
console.log(reliableMultiply(8,8));
	 
	

To open the JavaScript console, press F12 or on MAC press COMMAND-OPTION-I.