try-except ============================== Examples in Python 3 ```python """ Try-except example with string to integer conversion """ # The string is numeric - int() will succeed x = "42" print(x, "is of type", type(x)) try: x = int(x) print(x, "is of type", type(x)) except Exception: print("Could not convert", x, "to integer") print(x, "is the answer to everything\n") # The string is not numeric - int() will fail and throw an exception x = "fortytwo" print(x, "is of type", type(x)) try: x = int(x) print(x, "is of type", type(x)) except Exception: print("Could not convert", x, "to integer") print(x, "is the answer to everything") ``` Reference and read more ------------------------------ [Errors and Exceptions](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/errors.html) [The try statement](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html#try) Revision history ------------------------------ 2014-07-17 (sylvanas) PA1 First try.