Running the program

So the coding is done; let's give it a build. Go to Build | Build Solution or use the Ctrl+Shift+B key combo and then select Debug | Start Without Debugging. You should see the following screen:

Figure 8.1: Debugging the program entered

It says Attempted to divide by zero, which is our message. The next line says Program.Main() was the source of the error. This is our StackTrace method. It also gives you the file it happened in and the line number. So, line 11 was where the error occurred. If you close this window and look at your code, you'll see that the line it's referring to is our var result line within our try block. That's where the exception was thrown from, so that's correct. Note that I have some extra comments in my code, so your line number might be slightly different. It should point to the same code, though.

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