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doc: improve .throws RegExp info
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It was not clear why the error name is actually also tested for when
using a regular expression. This is now clarified.

Backport-PR-URL: #19230
PR-URL: #17585
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
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BridgeAR authored and MylesBorins committed Mar 13, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -738,12 +738,15 @@ assert.throws(

Validate error message using [`RegExp`][]:

Using a regular expression runs `.toString` on the error object, and will
therefore also include the error name.

```js
assert.throws(
() => {
throw new Error('Wrong value');
},
/value/
/^Error: Wrong value$/
);
```

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