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<cstddef> <cstdlib> <version> (C++20) <limits> <climits>	<cfloat> <cstdint> (C++11) <new> <typeinfo>	<source_location> (C++20) <exception> <initializer_list> (C++11)   <compare> (C++20)	<coroutine> (C++20) <csignal> <csetjmp> <cstdarg>
Concepts
<concepts> (C++20)
Diagnostics
<stdexcept>	<cassert>	<cerrno>	<system_error> (C++11)
General utilities
<utility> <memory> <memory_resource> (C++17) <scoped_allocator> (C++11)   <expected> (C++23)	<bitset> <tuple> (C++11) <optional> (C++17) <any> (C++17)	<variant> (C++17) <type_traits> (C++11) <ratio> (C++11) <chrono> (C++11)	<typeindex> (C++11) <functional> <stacktrace> (C++23) <ctime>
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<string> <string_view> (C++17) <cstring>	<charconv> (C++17) <format> (C++20)	<cctype> <cwctype>	<cwchar> <cuchar> (C++11)
Localization
<locale> <clocale>	<codecvt> (C++11/17)
Containers
<span> (C++20) <array> (C++11) <vector>	<deque> <forward_list> (C++11) <list>	<map> <set> <queue>	<unordered_map> (C++11) <unordered_set> (C++11) <stack>
Iterators
<iterator>
Ranges
<ranges> (C++20)
Algorithms
<algorithm>	<execution> (C++17)
Numerics
<complex> <random> (C++11)	<valarray> <numeric>	<bit> (C++20) <numbers> (C++20)	<cfenv> (C++11) <cmath>
Input/Output
<iosfwd> <ios> <iomanip> <streambuf>	<istream> <ostream> <iostream>	<syncstream> (C++20) <spanstream> (C++23) <sstream> <fstream>	<cstdio> <cinttypes> (C++11) <strstream> (C++98/)
Regular expressions
<regex> (C++11)
Filesystem support
<filesystem> (C++17)
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<thread> (C++11) <atomic> (C++11) <mutex> (C++11)	<shared_mutex> (C++14) <condition_variable> (C++11)   <future> (C++11)	<stop_token> (C++20) <semaphore> (C++20)	<latch> (C++20) <barrier> (C++20)
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<cstdbool> (C++11/17/20) <ccomplex> (C++11/17/20)	<ctgmath> (C++11/17/20) <cstdalign> (C++11/17/20)	<ciso646> (until C++20) <stdatomic.h>

 

This header is part of the error handling library.

Classes
logic_error	exception class to indicate violations of logical preconditions or class invariants (class)
invalid_argument	exception class to report invalid arguments (class)
domain_error	exception class to report domain errors (class)
length_error	exception class to report attempts to exceed maximum allowed size (class)
out_of_range	exception class to report arguments outside of expected range (class)
runtime_error	exception class to indicate conditions only detectable at run time (class)
range_error	exception class to report range errors in internal computations (class)
overflow_error	exception class to report arithmetic overflows (class)
underflow_error	exception class to report arithmetic underflows (class)

Synopsis

namespace std {
    class logic_error;
    class domain_error;
    class invalid_argument;
    class length_error;
    class out_of_range;
    class runtime_error;
    class range_error;
    class overflow_error;
    class underflow_error;
}

Class std::logic_error

namespace std {
  class logic_error : public exception {
  public:
    explicit logic_error(const string& what_arg);
    explicit logic_error(const char* what_arg);
  };
}

Class std::domain_error

namespace std {
  class domain_error : public logic_error {
  public:
    explicit domain_error(const string& what_arg);
    explicit domain_error(const char* what_arg);
  };
}

Class std::invalid_argument

namespace std {
  class invalid_argument : public logic_error {
  public:
    explicit invalid_argument(const string& what_arg);
    explicit invalid_argument(const char* what_arg);
  };
}

Class std::length_error

namespace std {
  class length_error : public logic_error {
  public:
    explicit length_error(const string& what_arg);
    explicit length_error(const char* what_arg);
  };
}

Class std::out_of_range

namespace std {
  class out_of_range : public logic_error {
  public:
    explicit out_of_range(const string& what_arg);
    explicit out_of_range(const char* what_arg);
  };
}

Class std::runtime_error

namespace std {
  class runtime_error : public exception {
  public:
    explicit runtime_error(const string& what_arg);
    explicit runtime_error(const char* what_arg);
  };
}

Class std::range_error

namespace std {
  class range_error : public runtime_error {
  public:
    explicit range_error(const string& what_arg);
    explicit range_error(const char* what_arg);
  };
}

Class std::overflow_error

namespace std {
  class overflow_error : public runtime_error {
  public:
    explicit overflow_error(const string& what_arg);
    explicit overflow_error(const char* what_arg);
  };
}

Class std::underflow_error

namespace std {
  class underflow_error : public runtime_error {
  public:
    explicit underflow_error(const string& what_arg);
    explicit underflow_error(const char* what_arg);
  };
}

See also

exception

base class for exceptions thrown by the standard library components (class)