In this article we’ll try to understand how to read an exception message and learn how to use the details/clues that are part of the exception message to debug our code effectively. For those of you in a hurry here is the short version of the answer. Details in an Exception Message: In a Nutshell … Read more
In this article let’s learn how to print just the message of an exception/error message. Whenever a Python program crashes with an exception we get a crazy long text trying to tell us what went wrong. In this article, we’ll explore how to print just the most useful part of that text, i.e. the “Exception … Read more
In this article we will learn how to print the “type” of an exception, that is the class name to which a given exception belongs to. Have you ever had your code crash and you were having difficulty debugging that and you said to yourself “If only I can print the damn Exception’s type I … Read more
In this article, let us learn about the common exceptions in the Dictionaries class in Python, and how to deal with them. Let’s face it, no programmer is expected to write perfect and flawless Python code that executes without any errors the first time. Some mistakes are more common than others, as the code does … Read more
In this article let us learn In our journey to become a Proficient Python craftsman, we need to learn to design un-crashable code and this article is a step towards that goal! If this is the first time ever seeing a python program crash, I recommend reading the article in the link below to hone … Read more
In this article, let us learn about printing error messages from Exceptions with the help of 5 specifically chosen examples. I have divided this article into 2 major sections Depending on which of the 2 options above you are looking for, you can jump to the respective section of the article using the table of … Read more
In this Python Tutorial let us learn about the 3 different pieces of information that you can extract and use from the Exceptions caught on your except clauses, and see the best ways to use each of these pieces in our Python programs. Lets start with a quick refresher on the fundamentals to get our … Read more
To improve our craftsmanship as a Python programmer, we need to learn about handling exceptions effectively. One of the tricks to improving our efficiency while handle exceptions is to catch several exceptions using a single except clause. Python provides us with several ways to catch multiple Exceptions using a single except clause. In this article … Read more
In this article let us learn how to manually throw an exception in Python. How to throw/raise an Exception in Python An Exception can be manually thrown/raised using the raise statement in Python. Let us start with a simple example. Running that code will result in an output like below As you can see, we … Read more
In this article let us learn about “Exceptions” in Python and the various ways of handling them. The craftsmanship of a programmer can be measured by the degree of robustness of the code they write. To be an excellent python craftsman, we need to learn everything we can about Exceptions. If you are a visual … Read more