Hi, "except Exception as variable"
is a new python-3 syntax. You should use "except Exception, variable" syntax in 2.x series. Vladimir Ignatov On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Oltmans <rolf.oltm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, all. All I'm trying to do is to print the error message using the > following code (copying/pasting from IDLE). > > def div(a,b): > print a/b > > > try: > div(5,0) > except Exception as msg: > print msg > > but IDLE says (while highlighting the 'as' keyword) > except Exception as msg: > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > I've searched the internet and I'm not sure what can cause this. Any > help is highly appreciated. I'm using Python 2.5 on Windows XP. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
