On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:23:08 +0100, Dylan Parry <usenet at dylanparry.com> wrote: > try { > something(); > } > catch (exception e) { > somethingelse(); > } I suggest you read http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node10.html, and the rest of the tutorial too. In short: try: code goes here except FooError: foofix() chris