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Professional C++, 6th Edition
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Professional C++, 6th Edition

by Marc Gregoire
February 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1376 pages
40h 6m
English
Wiley
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14Handling Errors

Inevitably, your C++ programs will encounter errors during execution. The program might be unable to open a file, the network connection might go down, or the user might enter an incorrect value, to name a few possibilities. The C++ language provides a feature called exceptions to handle these exceptional but not unexpected situations.

Most code examples in this book so far have generally ignored error conditions for brevity. This chapter rectifies that simplification by teaching you how to incorporate error handling into your programs from their beginnings. It focuses on C++ exceptions, including the details of their syntax, and describes how to employ them effectively to create well-designed error-handling programs.

The chapter also discusses how you can write your ...

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ISBN: 9781394193172