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By Kevin McAleer, 2 Minutes
In this lesson, we’ll learn about error handling in Python. Errors are bound to happen in your code. Sometimes they are due to programmer error, and sometimes they are due to external circumstances beyond your control. Handling these errors properly can be the difference between a program crashing unexpectedly and a program failing gracefully.
Errors
exceptions
try
except
raise
In Python, exceptions are events that occur during the execution of a program that disrupt the normal flow of the program’s instructions. When a Python script encounters a situation that it can’t cope with, it raises an exception. If the exception is not handled, the script stops executing and an error message is printed.
You can use a try/except block to catch exceptions and define how your program should respond to them.
try/except
try: x = 1 / 0 # This will raise a ZeroDivisionError except ZeroDivisionError: x = 0 # This code will run if a ZeroDivisionError occurs print(x) # Prints '0'
You can catch multiple exceptions by providing multiple except blocks. If you want to execute a block of code regardless of whether an exception was raised, you can use a finally block.
finally
try: # Try to open a non-existent file f = open("non_existent_file.txt", "r") except FileNotFoundError: print("File not found.") finally: print("This gets executed no matter what.")
You can raise exceptions with the raise statement. This is useful when you want to indicate that an error has occurred.
x = -5 if x < 0: raise ValueError("x cannot be negative")
In this lesson, you’ve learned about handling errors and exceptions in Python. You now know how to catch exceptions using try/except blocks and how to raise exceptions in your code. These tools are crucial for building robust Python applications that can withstand unexpected input and recover from errors gracefully.
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