Try Except Else - Python Snipplr Social Repository

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at December 13, 2015 05:36 by ManishChandraReddy

Initial Code

for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
    try:
        f = open(arg, 'r')
    except IOError:
        print 'cannot open', arg
    else:
        print arg, 'has', len(f.readlines()), 'lines'
        f.close()

Initial URL

https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/errors.html

Initial Description

The try ... except statement has an optional else clause, which, when present, must follow all except clauses. It is useful for code that must be executed if the try clause does not raise an exception. For example:

Initial Title

Try Except Else

Initial Tags

error

Initial Language

Python

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