Just to be pedantic (or maybe even helpful), the use of the comma after the exception is deprecated in favor of 'as.'
So: except ValueError as ex: not: except ValueError, ex: I don't know how far back in Python versions this syntax reaches, but if yours supports it then it's probably a good idea to get into the habit. This way, you can catch multiple exceptions in a tuple without confusing the interpreter: except ValueError, IndexError as ex: Shawn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
