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Handling Errors and Exceptions: Errors, Exceptions

Error handling is an essential procedure in Visual Basic programming because it can help
make the program error-free. An error-free program can run smoothly and efficiently, and the
user does not have to face all sorts of problems such as program crash or system hang

An exception is a problem that arises during the execution of a program. An exception is a


response to an exceptional circumstance that arises while a program is running, such as an
attempt to divide by zero.
Exceptions provide a way to transfer control from one part of a program to another. VB.Net
exception handling is built upon four keywords - Try, Catch, Finally and Throw.
 Try − A Try block identifies a block of code for which particular exceptions will be
activated. It's followed by one or more Catch blocks.
 Catch − A program catches an exception with an exception handler at the place in a
program where you want to handle the problem. The Catch keyword indicates the
catching of an exception.
 Finally − The Finally block is used to execute a given set of statements, whether an
exception is thrown or not thrown. For example, if you open a file, it must be closed
whether an exception is raised or not.
 Throw − A program throws an exception when a problem shows up. This is done using
a Throw keyword.

Syntax

Try
[ tryStatements ]
[ Exit Try ]
[ Catch [ exception [ As type ] ] [ When expression ]
[ catchStatements ]
[ Exit Try ] ]
[ Catch ... ]
[ Finally
[ finallyStatements ] ]
End Try

Example

Module exceptionProg
Sub division(ByVal num1 As Integer, ByVal num2 As Integer)
Dim result As Integer
Try
result = num1 \ num2
Catch e As DivideByZeroException
Console.WriteLine("Exception caught: {0}", e)
Finally
Console.WriteLine("Result: {0}", result)
End Try
End Sub
Sub Main()
division(25, 0)
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
End Module

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