Handling exceptions without try block in Python's interactive shell

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See the title of this question. I want to play with the exception raised in the last command. _ didn't help me. Is there anything like that?

Could you provide any code or error traceback or anything we can read to understand what you're talking about? — S.Lott
– S.Lott, Commented Jul 3, 2009 at 12:15

Lennart Regebro · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-03 06:56:37Z

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Do this:

import sys
sys.exc_info()

It will give you information about the exception. It's a tuple containing the exception type, the exception instance and a traceback object.

answered Jul 3, 2009 at 6:56

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Anurag Uniyal Over a year ago

sys.last_value will not work in 3.0, sys.exc_info() will work on 3.0 and 2.x

jd. Over a year ago

sys.last_value works in 2.7 and according to the documentation, it's still there in Python 3.3. However sys.exc_info() won't work outside of an except block.

Rub · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-12 19:23:36Z

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If your 'interactive' happens within Jupyter, check this > Jupyter magic to handle notebook exceptions

It is just beautiful.

If you want to add a sound > Jupyter / Colab : Play sound with any error in any cell + Play sound after completing long running cells

answered Apr 12, 2020 at 19:23

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