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Created December 6, 2018 04:18
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def try_except(arg_passed=None):
if arg_passed is not None:
try:
arg_passed['name'] # this will fail cause we passed in a string not a dict
except KeyError as e:
print('First Except: No key named {} was found'.format(e)) # this should barf that the key doesnt exist in the dictionary
except Exception as e:
print('2nd Except: {}'.format(e)) # this is going to run when there isnt a keyerror and its something else
finally:
print('Finally: This prints when nothing else worked from above') # this should be your worst case scenario
else:
print('Else: No arg was passed!') # you will get this error if nothing was passed in
if __name__ == "__main__":
try_except() # fail and go to the else
try_except(dict(foo="bar")) # fail goes to 1st except
try_except("foobar") # fail goes to 2nd except
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