[Tutor] help

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, james middendorff wrote:

> I have been trying to get this to work but everytime I run it and type quit, it prints what I want it to but it also prints my error message as well? this is my code so far can someone explain what I am doing wrong thanks!
>
> import os, sys
> try:
>     filename = raw_input("whats the file?('quit' to quit)")
>     if filename == 'quit':
>         print "goodbye"
>         sys.exit()
>     inp = open(filename, "rw")
>     for line in inp.readlines():
>         print line
>     inp.close()
>
> except:
>     IOError
>     print "Error: there is no file there!"

That's because sys.exit() raises SystemExit. Use 'except IOError:' to focus
your exception handling. While you're at it, get rid of the loose 'IOError' in
your exception handler.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio@openservices.net>