Title: Try, Except, and Finally
Slug: try_except_finally
Summary: Try, Except, and Finally
Date: 2016-05-01 12:00
Category: Python
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon

Create data



In [1]:

    
# Create some data
scores = [23,453,54,235,74,234]

Try something that doesn't work



In [2]:

    
# Try to:
try:
    # Add a list of integers and a string
    scores + 'A string of characters.'
# If you get an error, set the error as 'e',
except Exception as e:
    # print the error, e
    print('Error:', e)
# Then,
finally:
    # print end program
    print('End Program')









    



Error: can only concatenate list (not "str") to list
End Program

Try something that works



In [3]:

    
# Try to:
try:
    # Print scores
    print('Worked!', scores)
# If you get an error, set the error as 'e',
except Exception as e:
    # print the error, e
    print('Error:', e)
# Then,
finally:
    # print end program
    print('End program')









    



Worked! [23, 453, 54, 235, 74, 234]
End program