.NET (Core and Framework)

try
{
    // the thing you want to do
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    // the code to run if an exception is raised
}

try
{
    // the thing you want to do
}
catch (ArgumentException ex)
{
    // the code to run if a bad parameter has passed
}
catch (IOException ex)
{
    // the code to run if an IO exception occurs
}

<br />
catch (BadIntegerException)<br />
{<br />
  //do stuff<br />
}<br />
catch (BadDataException)<br />
{<br />
  //do other stuff<br />
}<br />

<br />
catch (BadDataException)<br />
{<br />
  //do stuff<br />
}<br />
catch (BadIntegerException)<br />
{<br />
  //do other stuff<br />
}<br />

Rob Philpott wrote:

but its a rubbish idea and I wish I'd never said anything now.