which is more 'pythonic' / 'better' ?

[Jorgen Grahn]

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:52:52 +0200, gabor <gabor at nekomancer.net> wrote:
> hi,
>
> there are 2 versions of a simple code.
> which is preferred?

I don't know. Who cares?

> ===
> try:
> 	text = line[n]
> except IndexError:
> 	text = 'nothing'
> ===
>
>
> which is the one you would use?

The 'try' version. But I'd also ask myself how I could end up in a state where
this part of the code is asked to find a string that doesn't exist, and if I
really want it to keep running, with a made-up value.

/Jorgen

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