What is the point of the finally block?

Question

Syntax aside, what is the difference between

try {
}
catch() {
}
finally {
    x = 3;
}

and

try {
}
catch() {
}

x = 3;
         


        

Answer 1

Any code in the finally is ran in the even in the event of an unhandled exception. Typically the finally code is used to clean up local declarations of unmanaged code using .dispose().