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C++ Quiz #148

A return That Is Never Reached

mediumExceptions

share has a return inside its try block and another inside its catch block. What is printed?

📄 Code

1#include <iostream>
2#include <stdexcept>
3 
4int share(int total, int people) {
5    try {
6        if (people == 0) {
7            throw std::runtime_error("nobody to share with");
8        }
9        return total / people;
10    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
11        std::cout << "handled: " << e.what() << "\n";
12        return -1;
13    }
14}
15 
16int main() {
17    int first = share(20, 4);
18    std::cout << first << "\n";
19    int second = share(20, 0);
20    std::cout << second << "\n";
21    return 0;
22}