Question

Then using try catch in python you can catch errors and assign them to a variable with the as keyword

try
  do something..
except IOError as e:
  do something with e..

However then trying to do the same thing without knowing the type of error python complains about the syntax.

try
  do something..
except as e:
  do something with e..

Is there any way to catch a default error and assign it to a variable?

Answer 1

Yes there is. All exceptions derive from the Exception class.

So you can do:

try:
    doSomething()
except Exception as e:
    doSomethingWithException(e)

It is a kind of catch-all line.