Learn Challenge: Error Handling | Data Structures & File Handling

The try-catch syntax has an additional syntax which allows you to catch specific types of errors and deal with them separately:

index.cs


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try 
{
    // code
}
catch (ExceptionType errorVarName)
{
    // code
}
catch (ExceptionType errorVarName)
{
    // code
}
...
finally
{
    // code
}

The type Exception you used in the previous chapter simply catches all kinds of errors however there are some subtypes of Exception which catch more specific kinds of errors. Following are some common exception types:

DivideByZeroException: there's a division by zero;
FileNotFoundException: the file we're accessing doesn't exist;
KeyNotFoundException: the dictionary key doesn't exist;
IndexOutOfRangeException: the specified index of an array or list is invalid.

The term errorVarName is a variable which stores the Exception object, and has information like the error message which can be accessed through errorVarName.Message. You can omit that in case we're not using it:

index.cs


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try 
{
    // code
}
catch (ExceptionType)
{
    // code
}
...
finally
{
    // code
}

Here's an example of using this kind of try-catch block:

index.cs


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using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int[] myArray = { 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 };
        int i = 0;
        
        while (true)
        {
            try
            {
                Console.Write(myArray[i] / i + " ");
                i++;
            }
            catch(DivideByZeroException)
            {
                i++;
            }
            catch(IndexOutOfRangeException)
            {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

Now using these concepts. Fill in the blanks with relevant exception types in the following code to complete the challenge.

index.cs


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int[] numbers = { 1, 2, 5, 7, 9 };
        var numberNames = new Dictionary<int, string>();

        numberNames.Add(1, "One");
        numberNames.Add(2, "Two");
        numberNames.Add(5, "Five");
        numberNames.Add(9, "Nine");

        int i = 0;
        while (true)
        {
            try
            {
                int key = numbers[i];
                Console.WriteLine($"{key} is {numberNames[key]}");
                i++;
            }
            catch (___)
            {
                break;
            }
            catch (___)
            {
                numberNames.Add(7, "Seven");
            }
        }
    }
}

Use the relevant exception type for each catch block. Read the code and understand which catch block is most appropriate for handling a certain type of exception.

index.cs


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class HelloWorld
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int[] numbers = { 1, 2, 5, 7, 9 };
        var numberNames = new Dictionary<int, string>();
        
        numberNames.Add(1, "One");
        numberNames.Add(2, "Two");
        numberNames.Add(5, "Five");
        numberNames.Add(9, "Nine");
        
        int i = 0;
        while (true)
        {
            try
            {
                int key = numbers[i];
                Console.WriteLine($"{key} is {numberNames[key]}");
                i++;
            }
            catch (IndexOutOfRangeException)
            {
                break;
            }
            catch (KeyNotFoundException)
            {
                numberNames.Add(7, "Seven");
            }
        }
    }
}

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The try-catch syntax has an additional syntax which allows you to catch specific types of errors and deal with them separately:

index.cs


              1234567891011121314151617
            
try 
{
    // code
}
catch (ExceptionType errorVarName)
{
    // code
}
catch (ExceptionType errorVarName)
{
    // code
}
...
finally
{
    // code
}

DivideByZeroException: there's a division by zero;
FileNotFoundException: the file we're accessing doesn't exist;
KeyNotFoundException: the dictionary key doesn't exist;
IndexOutOfRangeException: the specified index of an array or list is invalid.

index.cs


              12345678910111213
            
try 
{
    // code
}
catch (ExceptionType)
{
    // code
}
...
finally
{
    // code
}

Here's an example of using this kind of try-catch block:

index.cs


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using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int[] myArray = { 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 };
        int i = 0;
        
        while (true)
        {
            try
            {
                Console.Write(myArray[i] / i + " ");
                i++;
            }
            catch(DivideByZeroException)
            {
                i++;
            }
            catch(IndexOutOfRangeException)
            {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

Now using these concepts. Fill in the blanks with relevant exception types in the following code to complete the challenge.

index.cs


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int[] numbers = { 1, 2, 5, 7, 9 };
        var numberNames = new Dictionary<int, string>();

        numberNames.Add(1, "One");
        numberNames.Add(2, "Two");
        numberNames.Add(5, "Five");
        numberNames.Add(9, "Nine");

        int i = 0;
        while (true)
        {
            try
            {
                int key = numbers[i];
                Console.WriteLine($"{key} is {numberNames[key]}");
                i++;
            }
            catch (___)
            {
                break;
            }
            catch (___)
            {
                numberNames.Add(7, "Seven");
            }
        }
    }
}

Use the relevant exception type for each catch block. Read the code and understand which catch block is most appropriate for handling a certain type of exception.

index.cs


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class HelloWorld
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int[] numbers = { 1, 2, 5, 7, 9 };
        var numberNames = new Dictionary<int, string>();
        
        numberNames.Add(1, "One");
        numberNames.Add(2, "Two");
        numberNames.Add(5, "Five");
        numberNames.Add(9, "Nine");
        
        int i = 0;
        while (true)
        {
            try
            {
                int key = numbers[i];
                Console.WriteLine($"{key} is {numberNames[key]}");
                i++;
            }
            catch (IndexOutOfRangeException)
            {
                break;
            }
            catch (KeyNotFoundException)
            {
                numberNames.Add(7, "Seven");
            }
        }
    }
}

Everything was clear?

Thanks for your feedback!

Section 1. Chapter 10