20. [ ` timeStamp() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/timestamp_static) Non-standard 
    21. [ ` trace() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/trace_static)
    22. [ ` warn() ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/warn_static)
  4. Related pages for Console API 
    1. [ ` Window.console ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/console)
    2. [ ` console ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console)

##  In this article

  * Syntax 
  * Specifications 
  * Browser compatibility 
  * See also 

#  console: error() static method

**Note:** This feature is available in [ Web Workers ](/en-
US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API) .

The **` console.error() ` ** static method outputs an error message to the
console.

##  Syntax

js

    
    
    error(obj1)
    error(obj1, /* â¦, */ objN)
    error(msg)
    error(msg, subst1, /* â¦, */ substN)
    

###  Parameters

` obj1 ` â¦ ` objN `

    

A list of JavaScript objects to output. The string representations of each of
these objects are appended together in the order listed and output to the
console.

` msg `

    

A JavaScript string containing zero or more substitution strings, which are
replaced with ` subst1 ` through ` substN ` in consecutive order.

` subst1 ` â¦ ` substN `

    

JavaScript objects with which to replace substitution strings within ` msg ` .
This gives you additional control over the format of the output. See [ Using
string substitutions ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console#using_string_substitutions)
for a description of how substitutions work.

See [ Outputting text to the console ](/en-
US/docs/Web/API/console#outputting_text_to_the_console) in the documentation
of the [ ` console ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/API/console) object for details.

###  Return value

None ( [ ` undefined ` ](/en-
US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/undefined) ).

##  Specifications

Specification  
---  
[ Console Standard  
#  error  ](https://console.spec.whatwg.org/#error)  
  
##  Browser compatibility

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JavaScript to view data.

##  See also

  * [ Microsoft Edge's documentation for ` console.error() ` ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/devtools-guide-chromium/console/api#error)
  * [ Node.JS documentation for ` console.error() ` ](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/console.html#consoleerrordata-args)
  * [ Google Chrome's documentation for ` console.error() ` ](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/console/api/#error)

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