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C# C# Objects Inheritance Throwing Exceptions

Charlie Carpenter
Charlie Carpenter
3,398 Points
Posted by Charlie Carpenter
Charlie Carpenter
3,398 Points

Can't understand why this won't work

Please help this is not being accepted can anyone help

Program.cs 
int value = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());

try {
    if (value < 0 || value > 20)
    {
        throw new System.Exception();
    }
    Console.WriteLine(string.Format("You entered {0}", value));
}
catch(Exception)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Value is out of bounds!");
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

For this challenge, you only need to throw the exception. You don't need a "try" or "catch" block, and adding those will actually prevent the challenge from detecting that the "throw" has occurred.