C++ basic string exception

Question

If I just want to throw a string, isn't there a built in type somewhere so that I can just do

throw standard_exception("This is wrong!");

Or do I have to define such a standard exception that derives from exception myself? I know it is very simple to do so, I just thought this would be so common that it would be defined somewhere.

Thanks

Answer 1

std::runtime_error and std::logic_error (both derived from std::exception) both have constructors that take strings and override the what() member function to return the provided string.