Learning Python for Forensics

Try and except

The try and except syntax is used to catch and safely handle errors encountered during runtime. As a new developer, you'll become accustomed to people telling you that your scripts don't work. In Python, we use the try and except blocks to stop preventable errors from crashing our code. Please use the try and except blocks in moderation. Don't use them as if they were band-aids to plug up holes in a sinking ship—reconsider your original design instead and contemplate modifying the logic to better prevent errors.

We can try to run some line(s) of indented code and catch an exception or error with the except statement, such as TypeError or IndexError, and have our program executing other logic instead of crashing. Using these correctly ...