On 06/16/2013 04:26 PM, Jim Mooney wrote:
'''I'm using general Exception to print out what the exception is until I learn them, but it will print out "[Errno 2] No such file or directory" in this case, when the real exception I'd need to use in an except clause is FileNotFoundError. How do I get the exception I need to use in the except clause from the more English-like message? '''#Using C:\Python33\python.exe on Win 7 in c:\python33\jimprogs try: fh = open('nosuchdirectory/text/truthyfalsey.txt') for line in fh: print(line,end='') fh.close() except Exception as err: print(err)
Mark is correct. The best way to print out the exception type and description is to not use try/except, or at least such a base class as Exception.
But if you have some other reason to do it your way, then just look at the type of err.
print( type(err), err) -- DaveA _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
