Thread: Division by Zero

Hello everybody ,

I was messing around with java and when I tried to divide a double(decimal) number by 0 ; it was giving me a Infinity response ; does anyone know how to override that infinity response so it can output something like " Why did u just divide by 0 Try Again " . I think it has something to do with the arithmetic expression like so .

catch(ArithmeticException e)
        {
        System.out.println(beep)
       return " Why did u just divide by 0 Try Again ";
 
            }

but It is not outputing that message someone has a solution ?

Also I don't really know it is more of a question or a "what's wrong with my code " so let me know if i am in the wrong section

Thanks

Can you post the full text of the error message you get when you divide by 0?

Thanks for your response
I do not get a error message as a response I get "infinity" but I want to be able to write my own response instead of the default one

You need to put some more ink in your pen.

Just tried this still not working :

if (divisor == 0) throw new java.lang.ArithmeticException("Why did u just divide by 0 Try Again ");

What my response to the division or to your post ?

The posted code throws the exception for me.

I got it figured out :
I created a class called MydivisionException; and

if (divisor == 0) throw new MyDivisionException("Why did u just divide by 0 Try Again ");

Thanks for your help

Sounds like a wonderful solution.

The MyDivisionByZeroException I created

public class MyDivisionByZeroException  extends Exception {
 
	    public MyDivisionByZeroException(String strMessage)
	    {
	    	super (strMessage);
	    }
}

and this is what i have in my main program

if (divisor==0) throw new MyDivisionByZeroException(Why did u just divide by 0 Try Again);