Python - Handling value errors

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I am running an external function which should return a string - sometimes, however, this function fails and the string is empty. The behaviour I would like is "if the string is empty(i.e a value error will occur) instead print a '?' string to my CSV).

Here is my code :

    outlist = output.split('\r\n') #splitting the string
    outrank1 = outlist[1][outlist[1].index(':')+1:]
    outrank2 = outlist[2][outlist[2].index(':')+1:]
    print outrank1
    print outrank2
    print str(outlist[0])
    print str(outlist[1])
    print str(outlist[2])
    csvout.writerow([str(outlist[0]), str(outrank1), str(outrank2)]) #writing,error here

Here is a sample of the bug I am encountering :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Methods.py", line 24, in <module>
    outrank2 = outlist[2][outlist[2].index(':')+1:]
ValueError: substring not found

In this case, instead of an error I would like to save a '?' in outrank2. How can I do this?

jbh · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-27 21:40:08Z

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you could wrap that in a try-except

try:
  outrank2 = outlist[2][outlist[2].index(':')+1:]
except ValueError:
  outrank2 = "?"

answered Feb 27, 2014 at 21:40

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tmr232 · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-27 21:41:49Z

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try:
    outrank1 = outlist[1][outlist[1].index(':')+1:]
except ValueError:
    outrank1 = "?"

answered Feb 27, 2014 at 21:41

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Shishir Nanoty · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-26 17:30:49Z

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Use try, except method to check for value error.

try:
  outrank2 = outlist[2][outlist[2].index(':')+1:]
except ValueError:
  outrank2 = "?"

answered Feb 26, 2019 at 17:30

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