ArithmeticException

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Published Apr 3, 2023Updated Apr 11, 2023
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The ArithmeticException occurs when an arithmetic operation yields an error.

Example

The ArithmeticException is thrown in the following example because it divides an integer by zero:

public class DivideByZero {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int x = 9/0;
}
}

The output would look like this:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
at DivideByZero.main(DivideByZero.java:3)

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