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A-LevelComputer ScienceProgramming9618/32 · May/June 2022 · Q94 Marks

State the reasons for including exception handling routines when writing a program. Include an example of an exception in your answer.

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  1. [4] To trap (some) runtime errors To prevent a program halting unexpectedly To produce meaningful error messages for these errors Example divide by zero // end of file // file not found

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Topic
Programming, A-Level Computer Science (syllabus 9618). Structured question, 4 marks.
Source
A-Level Computer Science, May/June 2022 Paper 3 Variant 2, question 9.

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