JavaScript RangeError - Repeat count must be less than infinity

This JavaScript exception repeat count must be less than infinity occurs if the passed argument of String.prototype.repeat() method is infinity.

Message:

RangeError: argument out of range (Edge)
RangeError: repeat count must be less than infinity and not 
            overflow maximum string size (Firefox)
RangeError: Invalid count value (Chrome)

Error Type:

RangeError

Cause of the error: The count parameter of String.prototype.repeat() method passed is either less than 0 or greater than infinity.

Example 1: In this example, the parameter passed is 4, So the error has not occurred.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <body style="text-align: center;"> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <p> 
            JavaScript RangeError 
            Repeat count must be less than infinity 
        </p> 
  
        <button onclick="Geeks();"> 
            click here 
        </button> 
  
        <p id="GFG_DOWN"></p> 
  
        <script> 
            var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN"); 
  
            function Geeks() { 
                try { 
                    "GFG".repeat(4); 
                    el_down.innerHTML = "'Repeat count " + 
                      "must be less than infinity' " + 
                      "error has not occurred"; 
                } catch (e) { 
                    el_down.innerHTML = "'Repeat count " + 
                      "must be less than infinity' " +  
                      "error has occurred"; 
                } 
            } 
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html> 

Output:

Example 2: In this example, the parameter passed is 2³², So the error has occurred,

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <body style="text-align: center;"> 
        <h1 style="color: green;"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <p> 
            JavaScript RangeError  
            Repeat count must be less than infinity 
        </p> 
  
        <button onclick="Geeks();"> 
            click here 
        </button> 
  
        <p id="GFG_DOWN"></p> 
  
        <script> 
            var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN"); 
            function Geeks() { 
                try { 
                    "GFG".repeat(2 ** 32); 
                    el_down.innerHTML = "'Repeat count " + 
                      "must be less than infinity' " +  
                      "error has not occurred"; 
                } catch (e) { 
                    el_down.innerHTML = "'Repeat count " + 
                      "must be less than infinity' " +  
                      "error has occurred"; 
                } 
            } 
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html> 

Output:

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JavaScript RangeError – Repeat count must be less than infinity

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