raise python exception code example

Example 1: raise exception in python

raise Exception('I know Python!') # Don't! If you catch, likely to hide bugs.

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)

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

Example 4: python error handling

try:
	#insert code here
except:
	#insert code that will run if the above code runs into an error.
except ValueError:
	#insert code that will run if the above code runs into a specific error.
	#(For example, a ValueError)

Example 5: 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")

Example 6: python: raise error

class MyError(TypeError):
    pass

raise MyError('An error happened')