try except statement python code example

Example 1: python try catch

try:
  # Dangerous stuff
except ValueError:
  # If you use try, at least 1 except block is mandatory!
  # Handle it somehow / ignore
except (BadThingError, HorrbileThingError) as e:
  # Hande it differently
except:
  # This will catch every exception.
else:
  # Else block is not mandatory.
  # Dangerous stuff ended with no exception
finally:
  # Finally block is not mandatory.
  # This will ALWAYS happen after the above blocks.

Example 2: try except python

age = input('age:')


try:
    new_age = int(age)
except ValueError: # if age is not convertable to int
    print('please enter a number...')

Example 3: try except python

def sum_of(x, y):
  try:
    print(x + y)
  except TypeError:
    print("Invalid argument specified.")