C# Compiler Error
CS0157 – Control cannot leave the body of a finally clause
Reason for the Error
You will receive this error when you have used the return statement inside the finally block.
The below code snippet demonstrates the C# error code CS0157 as it uses the return keyword with-in the finally block.
namespace ConsoleApp2
{
class Program
{
public static void Main()
{
try
{
}
finally
{
return;
}
}
}
}
Error CS0157 Control cannot leave the body of a finally clause ConsoleApp2 C:\Users\Senthil\source\repos\ConsoleApp1\ConsoleApp2\Program.cs 19 Active
Solution
C# specifies that all the statements inside the finally clause must execute. Having the return statement will break this rule. You will need to remove the return statement inside the finally block to fix this error.
