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System.DivideBy ZeroException does not catch exception

Hi,
I have the following code in my app:

Dim intx As Integer
Dim inty As Integer
Dim intz As Integer
inty = 0
intx = 5
Try
intz = intx / inty
Catch ex As System.DivideBy ZeroException
MsgBox("Catch")
End Try

But System.DivideBy ZeroException does not catch the exception. If I use
System.Overflow Exception it will work.
What's the reason?
Thanks,
Amin
Nov 21 '05 #1
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But System.DivideBy ZeroException does not catch the exception. If I use
System.Overflo wException it will work.
What's the reason?


The reason is that the / operator performs floating point division,
which doesn't throw a DivideByZeroExc eption but rather returns NaN or
Infinity. If you turn on Option Strict this whould be more visible
since converting the result back to an Integer is a narrowing
conversion.

The solution may be to use the integer division operator \ instead.

Mattias

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Nov 21 '05 #2
Thanks Mattias!
It was great tip :-)
Amin

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But System.DivideBy ZeroException does not catch the exception. If I use
System.Overflo wException it will work.
What's the reason?


The reason is that the / operator performs floating point division,
which doesn't throw a DivideByZeroExc eption but rather returns NaN or
Infinity. If you turn on Option Strict this whould be more visible
since converting the result back to an Integer is a narrowing
conversion.

The solution may be to use the integer division operator \ instead.

Mattias

--
Mattias Sjögren [MVP] mattias @ mvps.org
http://www.msjogren.net/dotnet/ | http://www.dotnetinterop.com
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