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  • T Thomas Daniels

    I found this in one of my old codes:

    public string ReadFile(string filename)
    {
    try
    {
    return File.ReadAllText(filename);
    }
    catch
    {
    return File.ReadAllText(filename);
    }
    }

    :doh:

    ProgramFOX

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    RafagaX
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    #20

    Mmmm... you seem determined to read that file, is it important?

    CEO at: - Rafaga Systems - Para Facturas - Modern Components for the moment...

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    • R RafagaX

      Mmmm... you seem determined to read that file, is it important?

      CEO at: - Rafaga Systems - Para Facturas - Modern Components for the moment...

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      Thomas Daniels
      wrote on last edited by
      #21

      No. The reading of the file isn't important. That's a code from 2 years ago. Now, I know how I can read files!

      ProgramFOX

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      • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

        Really? :omg: Which value would expect to be returned here?

        try
        {
        return 1;
        }
        catch
        {
        return 2;
        }
        finally
        {
        return 42;
        }

        I think the C# compiler is doing the right thing. Either the return in the finally block is ignored, in which case it shouldn't be allowed, or it replaces any value returned from the try or catch blocks, which is just confusing.


        "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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        bkebamc
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        You would be more likely to get that right if you added commentary: try { return 1; // Genesis } catch { return 22; // Joseph Heller ] finally { return 42; // Douglas Adams }

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        • T Thomas Daniels

          I found this in one of my old codes:

          public string ReadFile(string filename)
          {
          try
          {
          return File.ReadAllText(filename);
          }
          catch
          {
          return File.ReadAllText(filename);
          }
          }

          :doh:

          ProgramFOX

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          jnlt
          wrote on last edited by
          #23

          Timed out first time, then worked the second time?

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          • B Bernhard Hiller

            I'd do it three times, because three is the magic number:

            public string ReadFile(string filename)
            {
            try
            {
            return File.ReadAllText(filename);
            }
            catch
            {
            return File.ReadAllText(filename);
            }
            finally
            {
            return File.ReadAllText(filename);
            }
            }

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            PhilLenoir
            wrote on last edited by
            #24

            Quitter - use recursion!

            public string ReadFile(string filename)
            {
            try
            {
            return File.ReadAllText(filename);
            }
            catch
            {
            return ReadFile(filename);
            }
            }

            Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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            • B Bernhard Hiller

              I'd do it three times, because three is the magic number:

              public string ReadFile(string filename)
              {
              try
              {
              return File.ReadAllText(filename);
              }
              catch
              {
              return File.ReadAllText(filename);
              }
              finally
              {
              return File.ReadAllText(filename);
              }
              }

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              Member 7711917
              wrote on last edited by
              #25

              Maybe we need a more flippant programming language, for those of us who think like this:

              try
              {
              // something
              }
              ifatfirstyoudontsucceed
              {
              // try again
              }
              thirdtimelucky
              {
              // and again
              }
              giveup // synonym for catch
              {
              // error handling
              }
              finally
              {
              // tidying up
              }

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              • B bkebamc

                You would be more likely to get that right if you added commentary: try { return 1; // Genesis } catch { return 22; // Joseph Heller ] finally { return 42; // Douglas Adams }

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                H Brydon
                wrote on last edited by
                #26

                :laugh: :-D :) Ha ha that's awesome! A fiver for you!

                -- Harvey

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                • B bkebamc

                  You would be more likely to get that right if you added commentary: try { return 1; // Genesis } catch { return 22; // Joseph Heller ] finally { return 42; // Douglas Adams }

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                  Bernhard Hiller
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #27

                  Oh yes you can do so. But there is a catch - it's "catch 22". Why did it take me so long to see it?

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                  • B bkebamc

                    You would be more likely to get that right if you added commentary: try { return 1; // Genesis } catch { return 22; // Joseph Heller ] finally { return 42; // Douglas Adams }

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                    lukeer
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #28

                    Your'e doing it wrong! (Even catch blocks end in curly braces.)

                    Ciao, luker

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                    • Richard DeemingR Richard Deeming

                      If that's C#, it won't compile; you'll get a "Control cannot leave the body of a finally clause" compiler error.


                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                      KP Lee
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #29

                      Richard Deeming wrote:

                      If that's C#, it won't compile; you'll get a "Control cannot leave the body of a finally clause" compiler error.

                      I had to play around. You can throw an error in the try/catch/finally segments and it will compile. Since I didn't enclose the routine in a try catch, the finally segment did blow up with an unhandled exception. Then I did put it in that logic:

                              try
                              {
                                  int junk = trycat();
                              }
                              catch (Exception ex)
                              {
                                  Console.WriteLine("caught exception {0}", ex.Message);
                                  Console.ReadKey();
                              }
                      

                      ...

                          static int trycat()
                          {
                              try
                              {
                                  throw (new Exception("Throwing an exception in try block"));
                              }
                              catch
                              {
                                  throw (new Exception("Throwing an exception in catch block"));
                              }
                              finally
                              {
                                  throw (new Exception("Throwing an exception in finally block"));
                              }
                              return 1;
                          }
                      
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                      • P PhilLenoir

                        Quitter - use recursion!

                        public string ReadFile(string filename)
                        {
                        try
                        {
                        return File.ReadAllText(filename);
                        }
                        catch
                        {
                        return ReadFile(filename);
                        }
                        }

                        Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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                        Brisingr Aerowing
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                        #30

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                        • B Bernhard Hiller

                          I'd do it three times, because three is the magic number:

                          public string ReadFile(string filename)
                          {
                          try
                          {
                          return File.ReadAllText(filename);
                          }
                          catch
                          {
                          return File.ReadAllText(filename);
                          }
                          finally
                          {
                          return File.ReadAllText(filename);
                          }
                          }

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                          kakan
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #31

                          Bernhard Hiller wrote:

                          three is the magic number

                          It sure is! Monty Python : First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."

                          Alcohol. The cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems - Homer Simpson

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                          • _ _Vitor Garcia_

                            Maybe the file was in use :laugh:

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                            _beauw_
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                            #32

                            If you're using Windows, then the file is almost always in use.

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