Catch an OverflowException

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This C# code snippet catches the System.OverflowException caused by numeric overflow—the condition of attempting to stuff a number into a field which is too small to represent that number.

short shorty  = 32767;           // largest positive short
int   integer = shorty + 1;
try
{
   checked                       // force compiler to object
   {                     
      shorty = (short) integer;  // try to cram it into a short
   }
}
catch (OverflowException e)
{
   //"Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow."
   Console.WriteLine (e.Message); 
}