display generic error in exception python code example

Example 1: catch error python

import traceback

dict = {'a':3,'b':5,'c':8}
try:
  print(dict[q])
 
except:
  traceback.print_exc()
  
# This will trace you back to the line where everything went wrong. 
# So in this case you will get back line 5

Example 2: python file open try except error

def FileCheck(fn):
    try:
      open(fn, "r")
      return 1
    except IOError:
      print "Error: File does not appear to exist."
      return 0

result = FileCheck("testfile")
print result