Handling exceptions

try-except block

A construct in Python used for handling errors and exceptions gracefully.

FileNotFoundError

An error raised when a file operation fails because the file does not exist.

else block

Code that executes if the try block does not raise an exception.

finally block

Code that executes regardless of whether an exception was raised or not.

raise

A statement used to trigger an exception manually.

Exception

The base class for all exceptions in Python.

traceback

A report showing the active stack frames at a certain point in time during execution.

custom error message

A user-defined message that describes an error in a more understandable way.

anticipated exceptions

Errors that a developer expects to occur and therefore plans to handle in their code.

general exception

A broad catch-all for exceptions that does not specify the type of exception being handled.