Represents an error caused by an arithmetic operation. [Edit]

See Also: ArithmeticException Members

System.Object
     System.Exception
          System.SystemException
               System.ArithmeticException

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)] public class ArithmeticException : SystemException

Thread Safety

All public static members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. No instance members are guaranteed to be thread safe.

Remarks

Note:

The Base Class Library includes two types derived from ArithmeticException:

• DivideByZeroException
• OverflowException

When appropriate, use these types instead of ArithmeticException.

Note:

The following CIL instructions throw ArithmeticException:

• ckfinite
• div

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Example

The following example demonstrates an error that causes the system to throw a ArithmeticException error.

C# Example

using System; class testNan { public static void Main() { double myNan = Double.NaN; try { Math.Sign(myNan); } catch (ArithmeticException e) { Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}",e); } } }

The output is

Error: System.ArithmeticException: Function does not accept floating point Not-a-Number values.
at System.Math.Sign(Double value)
at testNan.Main()

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0