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Overcoming ZeroDivisionError: division by zero Error
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Use a try...except block to provide alternative code when the error arises.

from ast import literal_eval
  
with open("C:\Dave\data.txt") as f :
    for line in f :
        name, values = line.split(' = ')
        values = literal_eval(values)
 
print(f" District: {name}")

try: 
    print(f"Hal received {values[3]} votes AVG: -  {values[3]/sum(values):.2%}).")
except ZeroDivisionError:
    ...
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RE: Overcoming ZeroDivisionError: division by zero Error - by stullis - Jun-11-2020, 02:13 PM

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