converting a nested try/except statement into try/except/else

[Slawomir Nowaczyk]

On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:51:04 +0000 (GMT)
John Salerno <johnjsal at NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

#> try:
#>      int(text)
#> except ValueError:
#>      self.error_message()
#>      return False
#> else:
#>      return True
#> 
#> I think it's much cleaner, but obviously I lost the test in the
#> original if statement.
#> 
#> So my question is, can I still retain this second structure and
#> still test for > 0, but not have any extra nesting?

How about

try:
    if int(text) > 0:
       return True
except ValueError:
    pass
self.error_message()
return False

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