"Peter Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So this is better, though probably excessive in small scripts: > > try: > f = open('file') > except IOError: > # do something else > else: > try: > content = f.read() > finally: > f.close() > > This takes advantage of "else" on try statements, which executes only if > the except statement is not executed. > Thank you for your reply. I had forgotten that you could use 'else' in a 'try' statement. I like this solution. Thanks again. Louis
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