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Standard Exceptions in C++

• There are some standard exceptions in C++ under <”exception”> which we can use in our programs.

• They are arranged in a parent-child class hierarchy which is depicted below:

  • std::exception - Parent class of all the standard C++ exceptions.
  • logic_error - Exception happens in the internal logical of a program.
  • domain_error - Exception due to use of invalid domain.
  • invalid argument - Exception due to invalid argument.
  • out_of_range - Exception due to out of range i.e. size requirement exceeds allocation.
  • length_error - Exception due to length error.
  • runtime_error - Exception happens during runtime.
  • range_error - Exception due to range errors in internal computations.
  • overflow_error - Exception due to arithmetic overflow errors.
  • underflow_error - Exception due to arithmetic underflow errors
  • bad_alloc - Exception happens when memory allocation with new() fails.
  • bad_cast - Exception happens when dynamic cast fails.
  • bad_exception - Exception is specially designed to be listed in the dynamic-exception-specifier.
  • bad_typeid - Exception thrown by typeid.