On Jun 26, 10:08 am, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ampedesign <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to build a try/except case, and I want to have the except > > function like such: > > > try: > > # Do some code here > > var = 1 # For example > > except: > > #Do nothing here > > > The only problem is if I leave a comment only in the except block, I > > get an error back saying that the except block is not properly > > formatted, since it has no content other than a comment. > > > So if anyone could suggest some code to put there as a placeholder > > that would be wonderful. > > Use the 'pass' statement. > > But really, you should not have a bare except: if you are going to ignore a > specific exception that's fine, but don't ignore all exceptions. You'll > regret it.
This is true. Though I get a wide range of exceptions since I'm downloading and parsing a file. I will get everything from a socket error to an empty xml element. In the future however, I will make separate exceptions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list