try/except blocks

[newbieAuggie2019]

def division1(divideBy):
    try:
        return 72 / divideBy
    except ZeroDivisionError:
        return

Thank you!

Your answer is much closer and nicer to what I want. The output is:

Output:
72 divided by 2 is 36.0.
72 divided by 12 is 6.0.
72 divided by 0 is None.
72 divided by 1 is 72.0.

while I would prefer for the 3rd division to appear as '72 divided by 0 produces an Error: Invalid argument.', because in layman's terms, it explains what produces and why.

'72 divided by 0 is None.' in layman's terms, it means '72 divided by 0 is 0.', which is misguiding:

Output:
72 divided by 2 is 36.0.
72 divided by 12 is 6.0.
72 divided by 0 produces an Error: Invalid argument.
72 divided by 1 is 72.0.

Thanks again!

All the best,

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you should add the raise statement after handling the ZeroDivisionError, otherwise you will never see additional exceptions

def division1(divideBy):
    try:
        return 72 / divideBy
    except ZeroDivisionError:
        print(f'72 divided by 0 produces an Error: Invalid argument.')
        raise
 
print(f'72 divided by 2 is {division1(2)}.')
print(f'72 divided by 12 is {division1(12)}.')
print(f'72 divided by 0 is {division1(0)}.')
print(f'72 divided by 1 is {division1(1)}.')

Thank you!

Probably, I'm not very good at explaining. My apologies! The program I had, already warned with the message '72 divided by 0 produces an Error: Invalid argument.', but also included an extra line saying '72 divided by 0 is None.' that I don't like it, and I wish I could find a way to avoid it.

Your suggestions produce the following output:

Output:
72 divided by 2 is 36.0.
72 divided by 12 is 6.0.
72 divided by 0 produces an Error: Invalid argument.

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/User1/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37/atbs_03_zeroDivide_02_BIS_03.py", line 10, in <module>
    print(f'72 divided by 0 is {division1(0)}.')
  File "C:/Users/User1/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37/atbs_03_zeroDivide_02_BIS_03.py", line 3, in division1
    return 72 / divideBy
ZeroDivisionError: division by zero

that is precisely what I'm trying to avoid by using the try/except block.

Thanks again!

All the best,