/**

* This example shows how to handle the exception caused by

* trying to divide by 0 - It is an ArithmeticException

*

* @author David Bernstein modified by Elizabeth Adams

* Date: September 1, 2008

*/

public class Example1_Key

{

public static void main(String[] args)

{

int denominator, numerator, ratio;

numerator = 5;

denominator = 0;

try // to perform the division

{

ratio = numerator / denominator;

System.out.println("The answer is: "+ ratio);

} // end try

// the expected exception is an ArithmeticException which is a class

// the ArithmeticException object could have had any name

// I prefer letters corresponding to the class name.

catch (ArithmeticException ae)

{

System.out.println ("Attempt to divide by 0 ");

// the ArithmeticException object calls its method

ae.printStackTrace();

System.out.println("Done."); // Don't move this line

} // end catch

} // end main

} // end class