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C# C# Basics (Retired) Perfect "try" Code and "catch" Exceptions

Ranvir Sahota
Ranvir Sahota
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Posted by Ranvir Sahota
Ranvir Sahota
9,844 Points

Why use try/catch instead of TryParse?

The question is in the title why did Jeremy use try/catch instead of TryParse? Did he do it to just introduce exceptions and how to handle them?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

I think you have the right idea.

I believe the point of the lesson is to introduce exceptions and handling them. Perhaps the particular example shown could also be coded using TryParse, but there will be many other cases where that cannot be used but exceptions can still be handled.