UnicodeDecodeError — Easy Playground

Raised when decoding bytes to a string fails

Python Playground

# Triggering and catching UnicodeDecodeError
try:
    b"\xff".decode("ascii")
except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
    print(f"Caught UnicodeDecodeError: {e}")
    print(f"Type: {type(e).__name__}")

Output

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UnicodeDecodeError is raised when raised when decoding bytes to a string fails. Always catch specific exceptions rather than bare except clauses.

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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