Represents the error that is caused by an attempt to divide a number by zero. [Edit]

See Also: DivideByZeroException Members

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

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

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 following CIL instructions throw DivideByZeroException:

• div
• div.un
• rem
• rem.un

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Example

The following example demonstrates an error that causes a DivideByZeroException exception.

C# Example

using System; public class DivideZeroTest { public static void Main() { int x = 0; try { int y = 100/x; } catch (DivideByZeroException e) { Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}",e); } } }

The output is

Example

Error: System.DivideByZeroException: Attempted to divide by zero. at DivideZeroTest.Main()

Requirements

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