How to catch ZeroDivisionError Exception in Python?

If the following line of code is run at the python interpreter, I get an error.

x =11/0

How to catch this error and know the type of error?

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1 Answer

Rajendra Dharmkar

Answered on 6th Dec, 2017

When zero shows up in the denominator of a division operation, a ZeroDivisionError is raised.

We re-write the given code as follows to handle the exception and find its type.

import sys
try:
x = 11/0
print x
except Exception as e:
print sys.exc_type
print e

OUTPUT

<type 'exceptions.ZeroDivisionError'>
integer division or modulo by zero

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