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except:
  z = "divide by zero"
except ZeroDivisionError:
  print "divide by zero"
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If you wanted to examine the exception from code, you could have:

{{{
#!python
(x,y) = (5,0)
try:
  z = x/y
except ZeroDivisionError, e:
  z = e # representation: "<exceptions.ZeroDivisionError instance at 0x817426c>"
print z # output: "integer division or modulo by zero"
}}}

== General Error Catching ==

Sometimes, you want to catch ''all'' errors that could possibly be generated.

''In most cases, you don't.'' In most cases, you want to be as specific as possible. If a user presses Ctrl-C, generating a KeyboardInterrupt, you don't want the program to interpret it as a File I/O error. (Wiki:CatchWhatYouCanHandle)

However, there are some situations where it's best to catch ''all'' errors.

For example, suppose you are writing an extension module to a web service. You want the error information to output the output web page, and the server to continue to run, if at all possible. But you have no idea what kind of errors you might have put in your code.

In situations like these, you may want code something like this:

{{{
#!python
try:
  untrusted.execute()
except Exception, e:
  write_to_page( "<p>Error: %s</p>" % str(e) )
}}}

MoinMoin software is a good example of where this is done. If you write Moin``Moin extension macros, and trigger an error, Moin``Moin will give you a detailed report of your error and the chain of events leading up to it.
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= Questions =

(put your question here)

Handling Exceptions

The simplest way to handle exceptions is with a "try-except" block:

   1 (x,y) = (5,0)
   2 try:
   3   z = x/y
   4 except ZeroDivisionError:
   5   print "divide by zero"

If you wanted to examine the exception from code, you could have:

   1 (x,y) = (5,0)
   2 try:
   3   z = x/y
   4 except ZeroDivisionError, e:
   5   z = e # representation: "<exceptions.ZeroDivisionError instance at 0x817426c>"
   6 print z # output: "integer division or modulo by zero"

General Error Catching

Sometimes, you want to catch all errors that could possibly be generated.

In most cases, you don't. In most cases, you want to be as specific as possible. If a user presses Ctrl-C, generating a KeyboardInterrupt, you don't want the program to interpret it as a File I/O error. (CatchWhatYouCanHandle)

However, there are some situations where it's best to catch all errors.

For example, suppose you are writing an extension module to a web service. You want the error information to output the output web page, and the server to continue to run, if at all possible. But you have no idea what kind of errors you might have put in your code.

In situations like these, you may want code something like this:

   1 try:
   2   untrusted.execute()
   3 except Exception, e:
   4   write_to_page( "<p>Error: %s</p>" % str(e) )

MoinMoin software is a good example of where this is done. If you write MoinMoin extension macros, and trigger an error, MoinMoin will give you a detailed report of your error and the chain of events leading up to it.

To Write About...

Give example of IOError, and interpreting the IOError code.

Give example of multiple excepts. Handling multiple excepts in one line.

Show how to use "else" and "finally".

Show how to continue with a "raise".

See Also:

WritingExceptionClasses, TracebackModule, CoupleLeapingWithLooking

Questions

(put your question here)

HandlingExceptions (last edited 2024-03-05 20:29:39 by MatsWichmann)

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