Question

In the following program abort method is called even when I have got the applicable catch statement. What is the reason?

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main() {

    try {
        cout << "inside try\n";
        throw "Text";
    }
    catch (string x) {
        cout << "in catch" << x << endl;
    }

    cout << "Done with try-catch\n";
}

When I run the program I only get the first statement inside try displayed and then I get this error:

Why does abort get called even when I am handling string exception?

Answer 1

Quite simple really!

You threw char const*, but do not have a matching catch for it.

Did you mean throw std::string("...");?