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Handling Errors with try-except
The try-except block prevents your program from crashing when an error occurs. The 'try' block contains code that might fail, while 'except' handles the error. 'finally' runs no matter what happens.
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try:result = 10 / 0except ZeroDivisionError:print("Oops! You cannot divide by zero.")finally:print("Execution completed.")
Breakdown
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try:
Starts a protected section of code where exceptions are monitored.
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except ZeroDivisionError:
Catches the specific error caused by dividing by zero and runs the recovery code.