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# std::system_error

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< cpp‎ | error

Defined in header `<system_error>` |  |
class system_error; |  | (since C++11)

`std::system_error` is the type of the exception thrown by various library functions (typically the functions that interface with the OS facilities, e.g. the constructor of std::thread), when the exception has an associated std::error_code which needs to be reported.

Inheritance diagram

### [edit] Member functions

(constructor) | constructs the `system_error` object (public member function) [edit]
code | returns error code (public member function) [edit]
what [virtual] | returns explanatory string (virtual public member function) [edit]

## Inherited from std::exception

### Member functions

(destructor) [virtual] | destructs the exception object (virtual public member function of `std::exception`) [edit]
what [virtual] | returns an explanatory string (virtual public member function of `std::exception`) [edit]

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <thread>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <system_error>

    int main()
    {
        try {
            std::thread().detach(); // attempt to detach a non-thread
        } catch(const std::system_error& e) {
            std::cout << "Caught system_error with code " << e.code()
                      << " meaning " << e.what() << '\n';
        }
    }

Output:

    Caught system_error with code generic:22 meaning Invalid argument

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