Standard exceptions you will see
18-minute lesson · module-exceptions-02
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Standard exceptions you will see
18-minute lesson · module-exceptions-02
- Name the most common built-in exception types and what triggers each.
- Distinguish TypeError (wrong type) from ValueError (right type, wrong value).
- Match a failing operation to the exception it raises.
- Choose the right exception type to describe a given mistake.
Source attribution
Status: adapted
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition — source · Exceptions / Standard exceptions
Adaptation notes. Reading rewritten in our voice. Examples are framed as small registrar / gradebook operations in an Iowa State CS theme. Hidden tests have the student classify each operation by the exception name it raises, without requiring try/except (covered in the next lesson).
License notes. Original chapter is GNU FDL 1.3 (Brad Miller and David Ranum). No verbatim text from the original is reproduced here.