# babel-plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding > Optional catch binding enables the catch block to execute whether or not an argument is passed to the catch statement (CatchClause). ## Examples ```js try { throw 0; } catch { doSomethingWhichDoesntCareAboutTheValueThrown(); } ``` ```js try { throw 0; } catch { doSomethingWhichDoesntCareAboutTheValueThrown(); } finally { doSomeCleanup(); } ``` ## Installation ```sh npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-transform-optional-catch-binding ``` ## Usage ### Via `.babelrc` (Recommended) **.babelrc** ```json { "plugins": ["transform-optional-catch-binding"] } ``` ### Via CLI ```sh babel --plugins transform-optional-catch-binding script.js ``` ### Via Node API ```javascript require("babel-core").transform("code", { plugins: ["transform-optional-catch-binding"] }); ``` ## References - [Proposal: Optional Catch Binding for ECMAScript](https://github.com/babel/proposals/issues/7)