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    Question Exception Handling

    Hello all,

    First of all sorry for the indescriptive title, but I don't really know if the issue is with code or IDE, and rather why it's happening.

    Qustion: Why is this giving me an error? I'd expect that I should be able to print the name of the exception with out issues with this code.
     
    try{
    //code
    }catch (Exception e){
    	System.out.println("Error .. " e.toString());//line 25
    }
     
    Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: Unresolved compilation problem: 
    Syntax error on token "e", delete this token

    at HR20ID3Reader.main(HR20ID3Reader.java:25)




    Eclipse suggests that I use this code instead:

    try{
    //code
    }catch (Exception e){
    	System.out.println("Error .. " .toString());//line 25
    }
     
    Error .. 



    This output is lacking the name of the exception.

    -Mel
    Last edited by Melawe; December 20th, 2011 at 07:45 PM. Reason: bb code


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    Default Re: Exception Handling

    System.out.println("Error .. " e.toString());

    String addition...I believe you want to add the 2 strings together?

    "Error..." + e.toString()

    You might consider using the e.printStackTrace() as it provides a lot more detail as to the exception, which oftentimes comes in very handy

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    Default Re: Exception Handling

    Quote Originally Posted by copeg View Post
    System.out.println("Error .. " e.toString());

    String addition...I believe you want to add the 2 strings together?

    "Error..." + e.toString()
    X( How did I miss that. Thanks copeg!

    Quote Originally Posted by copeg View Post
    You might consider using the e.printStackTrace() as it provides a lot more detail as to the exception, which oftentimes comes in very handy
    Thanks, thats the first time i've heard of the method, it will be very help full with exception handling.

    -Mel

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