Python Ignore Exception and Go Back to Where I Was

There's no direct way for the code to go back inside the try-except block. If, however, you're looking at trying to execute these different independant actions and keep executing when one fails (without copy/pasting the try/except block), you're going to have to write something like this:

actions = (
    do_something1, do_something2, #...
    )
for action in actions:
    try:
        action()
    except Exception, error:
        pass

update. The way to ignore specific exceptions is to catch the type of exception that you want, test it to see if you want to ignore it and re-raise it if you dont.

try:
    do_something1
except TheExceptionTypeThatICanHandleError, e:
    if e.strerror != 10001:
        raise
finally:
     clean_up

Note also, that each try statement needs its own finally clause if you want it to have one. It wont 'attach itself' to the previous try statement. A raise statement with nothing else is the correct way to re-raise the last exception. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise.

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What you want are continuations which python doesn't natively provide. Beyond that, the answer to your question depends on exactly what you want to do. If you want do_something1 to continue regardless of exceptions, then it would have to catch the exceptions and ignore them itself.

if you just want do_something2 to happen regardless of if do_something1 completes, you need a separate try statement for each one.

try:
   do_something1()
except:
   pass

try:
   do_something2()
except:
   pass

etc. If you can provide a more detailed example of what it is that you want to do, then there is a good chance that myself or someone smarter than myself can either help you or (more likely) talk you out of it and suggest a more reasonable alternative.