On 19/06/2012 21:07, Dave Angel wrote:
On 06/19/2012 03:35 PM, Selby Rowley-Cannon wrote:Mailing list; I have a small, [for the most part] functioning translation app for Rydish, a language created for the sole purpose of an RPG. The only problem is when I enter a word that has not yet been translated, I get this error:Traceback (most recent call last): File "translator.py", line 25, in<module> Etranslate() File "translator.py", line 14, in Etranslate print(Edictionary[Eword]) KeyError: 'world' Is there a way to print a user-freindly message instead of displaying a traceback? Thanks, -SelbyEven easier than catching an exception is to test for the condition you expect might not pass. Assuming your Edictionary is a dict, all you need to do is to make the reference conditional on the presence of that particular key. if Eword in Edictionary: print(Edictionary[Eword]) else: print("oops....
But note the comparison between LBYL and EAFP - I'll leave those interested to google for it :)
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