Re: exception on string (out_of_range)
On Jul 7, 7:05 pm, eric <cneric12l...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jul 7, 9:53 am, F=D6LDY Lajos <fo...@rmki.kfki.hu> wrote:
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011, eric wrote:
On Jul 7, 8:33 am, F=D6LDY Lajos <fo...@rmki.kfki.hu> wrote:
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011, eric wrote:
Dear Advanced C++ programers:
from book (c++ cookbook), chapter 4, section 3: Storing Strings =
in a
Sequence
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#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <exception>
using namespace std;
int main() {
char carr[] = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'};
cout << carr[100000] << '\n'; // Whoops, who knows what's=
going
// to happen
vector<char> v;
v.push_back('a');
v.push_back('b');
v.push_back('c');
v.push_back('d');
v.push_back('e');
try {
cout << v.at(10000) << '\n'; // at checks bounds and thr=
ows
} catch(out_of_range& e) { // out_of_range if it's i=
nvalid
cerr << e.what() << '\n';
}
}
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my g++ response
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eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook/download$ g++ 4-7.cpp
4-7.cpp: In function ?int main()?:
4-7.cpp:20:11: error: expected type-specifier before ?out_of_range?
4-7.cpp:20:23: error: expected ?)? before ?&? token
4-7.cpp:20:23: error: expected ?{? before ?&? token
4-7.cpp:20:25: error: ?e? was not declared in this scope
4-7.cpp:20:26: error: expected ?;? before ?)? token
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the code can be download from
http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596007614/
that mean it was tested success in some platform(vc++ in xp), so
please help, thanks a lot in advance, Eric
Try:
...
} catch(exception& e) { // out_of_range if it's i=
nvalid
...
regards,
Lajos
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Thanks both Lajos and Mike Doubez's suggestions , and it can compile
now by following your suggestion
but, it did not run as expected
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eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook/ch4$ g++ Example4-7.cpp
eric@eric-laptop:~/cppcookbook/ch4$ ./a.out
Segmentation fault
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Do you know why it didn't go through the catch of my program rather
than through compiler(or operationSystem)'s?
Thanks your help a lot in advance, Eric
carr[100000] may be too far off. Try with carr[10] and v.at(10).
regards,
Lajos
yes, carr[100000]
so by the doc of stdexcepthttp://www.cplusplus.com/reference/std/stdexcep=
t/out_of_range/
I tried 2 additional errors
length_error
range_error
but result is still (Segmentation fault)
Do you know exactly which error(exception) my (carr[100000]) cause?
Eric
carr is (as the name suggests) a plain C style array. These will never
throw exceptions. Out of bound indexing a C array is UB which in your
case translates to Segmentation fault. std::vector and std::string
implement next to operator[], also the at() functions which adds the
extra bound checks and throws an out_of_range exception when the check
fails.
Net all programs can afford or need the checks for every index,
therefore the programmer is offered a choice.
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