how to raise an error python code example

Example 1: how to use except statement in python

>>> def divide(x, y):
...     try:
...         result = x / y
...     except ZeroDivisionError:
...         print("division by zero!")
...     else:
...         print("result is", result)
...     finally:
...         print("executing finally clause")
...
>>> divide(2, 1)
result is 2.0
executing finally clause
>>> divide(2, 0)
division by zero!
executing finally clause
>>> divide("2", "1")
executing finally clause
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in divide
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'str' and 'str'

Example 2: python raise exception

# this raises a "NameError"

>>> raise NameError('HiThere')

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: HiThere

Example 3: catch error data with except python

import sys
try:
	S = 1/0 #Create Error
except: # catch *all* exceptions
    e = sys.exc_info()
    print(e) # (Exception Type, Exception Value, TraceBack)

############
#    OR    #
############
try:
	S = 1/0
except ZeroDivisionError as e:
    print(e) # ZeroDivisionError('division by zero')

Example 4: python raise error exit

# There are 3 approaches, the first as lvc mentioned is using sys.exit
sys.exit('My error message')

# The second way is using print, print can write almost anything including an error message
print >>sys.stderr, "fatal error"     # Python 2.x
print("fatal error", file=sys.stderr) # Python 3.x

# The third way is to rise an exception which I don't like because it can be try-catch
raise SystemExit('error in code want to exit')

# it can be ignored like this
try:
  raise SystemExit('error in code want to exit')
except:
  print("program is still open")