Question

I know using below code to ignore a certain exception, but how to let the code go back to where it got exception and keep executing? Say if the exception ‘Exception’ raises in do_something1, how to make the code ignore it and keep finishing do_something1 and process do_something2? My code just go to finally block after process pass in except block. Please advise, thanks.

try:
    do_something1
    do_something2
    do_something3
    do_something4
except Exception:
    pass
finally:
    clean_up

EDIT:
Thanks for the reply. Now I know what’s the correct way to do it. But here’s another question, can I just ignore a specific exception (say if I know the error number). Is below code possible?

try:
    do_something1
except Exception.strerror == 10001:
    pass

try:
    do_something2
except Exception.strerror == 10002:
    pass
finally:
    clean_up

do_something3
do_something4

Answer 1

update. The way to ignore specific exceptions is to catch the type of exception that you want, test it to see if you want to ignore it and re-raise it if you dont.

try:
    do_something1
except TheExceptionTypeThatICanHandleError, e:
    if e.strerror != 10001:
        raise
finally:
     clean_up

Note also, that each try statement needs its own finally clause if you want it to have one. It wont ‘attach itself’ to the previous try statement. A raise statement with nothing else is the correct way to re-raise the last exception. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.

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What you want are continuations which python doesn’t natively provide. Beyond that, the answer to your question depends on exactly what you want to do. If you want do_something1 to continue regardless of exceptions, then it would have to catch the exceptions and ignore them itself.

if you just want do_something2 to happen regardless of if do_something1 completes, you need a separate try statement for each one.

try:
   do_something1()
except:
   pass

try:
   do_something2()
except:
   pass

etc. If you can provide a more detailed example of what it is that you want to do, then there is a good chance that myself or someone smarter than myself can either help you or (more likely) talk you out of it and suggest a more reasonable alternative.