Adding Python exception handling structures (try/except/else)
Python has built-in exception handling structures that allows you to capture error messages that are generated. Using this error information, you can then display a more appropriate message to the end user and respond to the situation as needed.
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Exceptions are unusual or error conditions that occur in your code. Exception statements in Python enable you to trap and handle errors in your code, allowing you to gracefully recover from error conditions. In addition to error handling, exceptions can be used for a variety of other things, including event notification and handling of special cases.
Python exceptions occur in two ways. Exceptions in Python can either be intercepted or triggered. When an error condition occurs in your code, Python automatically triggers an exception, which may or may not be handled by your code. It is up to you as a programmer to catch an automatically triggered exception. Exceptions can also...
