Java division by zero doesnt throw an ArithmeticException – why?

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IEEE 754 defines 1.0 / 0.0 as Infinity and -1.0 / 0.0 as -Infinity and 0.0 / 0.0 as NaN.

By the way, floating point values also have -0.0 and so 1.0/ -0.0 is -Infinity.

Integer arithmetic doesn’t have any of these values and throws an Exception instead.

To check for all possible values (e.g. NaN, 0.0, -0.0) which could produce a non finite number you can do the following.

if (Math.abs(tab[i] = 1 / tab[i]) < Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY)
   throw new ArithmeticException("Not finite");

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