ArgumentOutOfRangeException Class
The exception that is thrown when the value of an argument is outside the allowable range of values as defined by the invoked method.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
ArgumentOutOfRangeException is thrown when a method is invoked and at least one of the arguments passed to the method is not Nothing and does not contain a valid value.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException is used extensively by:
Classes in the System.Collections and System.IO namespaces.
The Array class.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException behaves identically to ArgumentException. It is provided so that application code can differentiate between exceptions caused by invalid arguments that are not Nothing, and exceptions caused by null arguments. For errors caused by null arguments, see ArgumentNullException.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException uses the HRESULT COR_E_ARGUMENTOUTOFRANGE, which has the value 0x80131502.
For a list of initial property values for an instance of ArgumentOutOfRangeException, see the ArgumentOutOfRangeException constructors.
The following example defines a class to contain information about an invited guest. If the guest is younger than 21, an ArgumentOutOfRangeException exception is thrown.
Imports System Class Program Public Shared Sub Main() Try Dim guest1 As Guest = New Guest("Ben", "Miller", 17) Console.WriteLine(guest1.GuestInfo) Catch outOfRange As Exception Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", outOfRange.Message) End Try End Sub End Class Class Guest Private FirstName As String Private LastName As String Private Age As Integer Public Sub New(ByVal fName As String, ByVal lName As String, ByVal age As Integer) MyBase.New() FirstName = fName LastName = lName If (age < 21) Then Throw New ArgumentOutOfRangeException("age", "All guests must be 21-years-old or older.") Else age = age End If End Sub Public Function GuestInfo() As String Dim gInfo As String = (FirstName + (" " _ + (Me.LastName + (", " + Me.Age.ToString)))) Return gInfo End Function End Class
System.Exception
System.SystemException
System.ArgumentException
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException
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