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Questions - try-except

Why do TextError exceptions not function properly in this code?

The code below output's "Do not divide by zero, that is forbidden" fine when the user inputs zero, however if a sentence or characters are entered it returns a ValueError. The error is as fo...
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gurobot

python

exception

try-except

ctf

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The ValueError occurs at the int(...) call. If you want to handle it, you need to add a try: block around that code. For example: num1 = 8 print("Input the number that will divide:") num2_st...
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Dennis

How to search for an element and incase it does not exist search for another element using Selenium Python

I'm trying to search for an element and if it doesn't exist search for another element, and here is my code: try: elem1 = driver.find_element_by_xpath('xpath1') elem = driver.find_element_by_x...
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wezzo

python

selenium

selenium-webdriver

try-except

selenium-webdriver-python

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The entire logic to search for an element and if not visible search for another element ideally you need to induce WebDriverWait for the visibility_of_element_located() and you can use the following c...
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undetected Selenium

is it safe to use the same variable name repeatedly in a series of functions?

Is it safe to re-use the same variable name repeatedly in a series of functions? My code is: with open(thisdoc_dir + '/' + 'metadata.txt', 'w') as m: m.write(str(metadatas[1]) + '\n') m.close(...
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Fred Zimmerman

python

try-except

variable-names

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These aren't functions, but rather context managers. Regardless, m is overridden each time. Also, since you are using with, you don’t need to manually close the file afterwards.
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Anonymous

Using Try Except to iterate through a list in Python

I'm trying to iterate through a list of NFL QBs (over 100) and add create a list of links that I will use later. The links follow a standard format, however if there are multiple players with the same...
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Zach

python

loops

try-except

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As stated, the try/except will work in that it will try the code under the try block. If at any point within that block it fails or raises and exception/error, it goes and executes the block of code u...
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