How does the try catch finally block work?

Question

In C#, how does a try catch finally block work?

So if there is an exception, I know that it will jump to the catch block and then jump to the finally block.

Answer 1

The finally block will always execute before the method returns.

Try running the code below, you'll notice where the Console.WriteLine("executed") of within the finally statement, executes before the Console.WriteLine(RunTry()) has a chance to execute.

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
    Console.WriteLine(RunTry());
    Console.ReadLine();
}
public static int RunTry()
{
    try
    {
        throw new Exception();
    }
    catch (Exception)
    {
        return 0;
    }
    finally
    {
        Console.WriteLine("executed");
    }
    Console.WriteLine("will not be executed since the method already returned");
}

See the result: