UnicodeEncodeError — Intermediate Playground
Raised when encoding a string to bytes fails
Python Playground
# Exception chaining
class ApplicationError(Exception):
pass
try:
try:
"\udce9".encode("ascii")
except UnicodeEncodeError as original:
raise ApplicationError("Operation failed") from original
except ApplicationError as e:
print(f"App error: {e}")
print(f"Caused by: {e.__cause__}")
Output
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Exception chaining preserves the original error context, making debugging easier.
Challenge
Try modifying the code above to explore different behaviors. Can you extend the example to handle a new use case?