8. Errors and Exceptions

8. Errors and Exceptions¶ Until now error messages haven’t been more than mentioned, but if you have tried out the examples you have probably seen some. There are (at least) two distinguishable kinds of errors: syntax errors and exceptions. 8.1. Syntax Errors¶ Syntax errors, also known as parsing errors, are perhaps the most common kind of complaint you get while you are still learning Python: >>>

[elwoodblues]

“TypeError”

[twol]

“except:”

[hujuu]

“try: ... x = int(input("Please enter a number: ")) ... break ... except ValueError: ... print("Oops! That was no valid number. Try again...")”