C# Exception Message

Description

Exception Message gets a message that describes the current exception.

Syntax

Exception.Message has the following syntax.


public virtual string Message { get; }

Example

The following code example throws and then catches an ExceptionException and displays the exception's text message using the Message property.


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using System;

class LogTableOverflowException : Exception
{
    const string overflowMessage = "overflowed.";

    public LogTableOverflowException(
        string auxMessage, Exception inner) :
        base(String.Format("{0} - {1}",
               overflowMessage, auxMessage), inner)
    {
        this.HelpLink = "http://java2s.com";
        this.Source = "Exception_Class_Samples";
    }
}
class OverflowDemo
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            throw new LogTableOverflowException(
                    String.Format("Record \"{0}\" was not logged.",
                        "asdf"), null);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nMessage ---\n{0}", ex.Message);
        }
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.