Public Overrides Function ToString As [%$TOPIC/es4y6f7e_en-us_VS_110_1_0_0_0_0%]

public override [%$TOPIC/es4y6f7e_en-us_VS_110_1_0_1_0_0%] ToString()

public:
virtual [%$TOPIC/es4y6f7e_en-us_VS_110_1_0_2_0_0%]^ ToString() override

abstract ToString : unit -> [%$TOPIC/es4y6f7e_en-us_VS_110_1_0_3_0_0%]  
override ToString : unit -> [%$TOPIC/es4y6f7e_en-us_VS_110_1_0_3_0_1%]

Implements

ToString returns a representation of the current exception that is intended to be understood by humans. Where the exception contains culture-sensitive data, the string representation returned by ToString is required to take into account the current system culture. Although there are no exact requirements for the format of the returned string, it should attempt to reflect the value of the object as perceived by the user.

The default implementation of ToString obtains the name of the class that threw the current exception, the message, the result of calling ToString on the inner exception, and the result of calling EnvironmentStackTrace. If any of these members is , its value is not included in the returned string.

If there is no error message or if it is an empty string (""), then no error message is returned. The name of the inner exception and the stack trace are returned only if they are not .

This method overrides ObjectToString.

The following example causes an exception and displays the result of calling ToString on that exception.

Imports System

Public Class [MyClass]
End Class '[MyClass]

Public Class ArgExceptionExample

   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim my As New [MyClass]()
      Dim s As String = "sometext" 
      Try 
         Dim i As Integer = s.CompareTo(my)
      Catch e As Exception
         Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", e.ToString())
      End Try 
   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'ArgExceptionExample

using System;

public class MyClass {}
public class ArgExceptionExample 
   {
   public static void Main()
      {
      MyClass my = new MyClass();
      string s = "sometext";
      try 
         {
         int i = s.CompareTo(my);
         }
            catch (Exception e) 
            {
            Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}",e.ToString());
            }
      }
}

using namespace System;
public ref class MyClass{};

int main()
{
   MyClass^ my = gcnew MyClass;
   String^ s = "sometext";
   try
   {
      int i = s->CompareTo( my );
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "Error: {0}", e->ToString() );
   }

}

This code has the following output:

Error: System.ArgumentException: Object must be of type String. at System.String.CompareTo(Object value) at ArgExceptionExample.Main()

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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