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The Finally Block

A try/catch scope may also define an optional finally block. The motivation behind a finally

block is to ensure that a set of code statements will always execute, exception (of any type) or not.

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To illustrate, assume you wish to always power down the car’s radio before exiting Main(), regardless

of any handled exception:

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Console.WriteLine("***** Handling Multiple Exceptions *****\n");

Car myCar = new Car("Rusty", 90);

myCar.CrankTunes(true);

try

{