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 null 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 null, 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.
using System; class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { try { Guest guest1 = new Guest("Ben", "Miller", 17); Console.WriteLine(guest1.GuestInfo()); } catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException outOfRange) { Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}", outOfRange.Message); } } } class Guest { private string FirstName; private string LastName; private int Age; public Guest(string fName, string lName, int age) { FirstName = fName; LastName = lName; if (age < 21) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("age","All guests must be 21-years-old or older."); else Age = age; } public string GuestInfo() { string gInfo = FirstName + " " + LastName + ", " + Age.ToString(); return(gInfo); } }
System.Exception
System.SystemException
System.ArgumentException
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException
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