How to Catch Multiple Exceptions in C#

1. Catch Multiple Exceptions With the Exception Class in C#
2. Catch Multiple Exceptions With the if Statement in C#

This tutorial will discuss the methods to catch multiple exceptions in C#.

Catch Multiple Exceptions With the Exception Class in C#

The Exception class is used to represent a general exception in C#. We can use the Exception class inside the try...catch clause to catch any type of exception thrown by the code. See the following example code.

using System;

namespace convert_int_to_bool {
  class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
      try {
        int i = 1;
        bool b = Convert.ToBoolean(i);
        Console.WriteLine(b);
      } catch (Exception e) {
        Console.WriteLine("An Exception Occured");
      }
    }
  }
}

Output:

True

In the above code, we catch any type of exception thrown by our code with the Exception class in C#. This approach is generally discouraged because it does not give us enough information about the problem and how to troubleshoot it. We should always prefer specific exception types rather than this generic one.

Catch Multiple Exceptions With the if Statement in C#

Using specific exceptions requires us to write a lot of code in the form of catch clauses. We can use the if statement to catch multiple types of exceptions with just one catch clause in C#. See the following example code.

using System;

namespace convert_int_to_bool {
  class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
      try {
        int i = 1;
        bool b = Convert.ToBoolean(i);
        Console.WriteLine(b);
      } catch (Exception e) {
        if (ex is FormatException || ex is OverflowException) {
          Console.WriteLine("Format or Overflow Exception occured");
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Output:

True

In the above code, we catch both FormatException and OverflowException exceptions with just one catch clause using an if statement in C#.