Await in catch block

Question

I have the following code:

WebClient wc = new WebClient();
string result;
try
{
  result = await wc.DownloadStringTaskAsync( new Uri( \"http://badurl\" ) );
         


        

Answer 1

In a similar instance, I was unable to await in a catch block. However, I was able to set a flag, and use the flag in an if statement (Code below)

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boolean exceptionFlag = false; 

try 
{ 
do your thing 
} 
catch 
{ 
exceptionFlag = true; 
} 

if(exceptionFlag == true){ 
do what you wanted to do in the catch block 
}