I'm trying to throw a format exception in the instance someone tries to enter a non-integer character when prompted for their age.
Console.WriteLine("Your age:");
age = Int32.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
I'm unfamiliar with C# language and could use help in writing a try catch block for this instance.
Thanks very much.
That code will already throw an FormatException
. If you mean you want to catch it, you could write:
Console.WriteLine("Your age:");
string line = Console.ReadLine();
try
{
age = Int32.Parse(line);
}
catch (FormatException)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not an integer", line);
// Return? Loop round? Whatever.
}
However, it would be better to use int.TryParse
:
Console.WriteLine("Your age:");
string line = Console.ReadLine();
if (!int.TryParse(line, out age))
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} is not an integer", line);
// Whatever
}
This avoids an exception for the fairly unexceptional case of user error.