except — Easy Playground

Catches and handles exceptions raised in a try block

Python Playground

# Catch a specific exception
try:
    result = 10 / 0
except ZeroDivisionError:
    print("Cannot divide by zero!")

# Catch and inspect the exception
try:
    number = int("hello")
except ValueError as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

# Multiple except blocks
try:
    data = [1, 2, 3]
    print(data[10])
except IndexError:
    print("Index out of range")
except KeyError:
    print("Key not found")

Output

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except catches specific exception types. Use 'as e' to access the exception object. Always catch specific exceptions, not bare except.

Challenge

Try modifying the code above to explore different behaviors. Can you extend the example to handle a new use case?

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