On 06/19/2012 03:35 PM, Selby Rowley-Cannon wrote:
> Mailing list;
> I have a small, [for the most part] functioning translation app for
> Rydish, a language created for the sole purpose of an RPG. The only problem
> is when I enter a word that has not yet been translated, I get this error:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "translator.py", line 25, in <module>
> Etranslate()
> File "translator.py", line 14, in Etranslate
> print(Edictionary[Eword])
> KeyError: 'world'
>
> Is there a way to print a user-freindly message instead of displaying a
> traceback?
> Thanks,
> -Selby
>
>
Even easier than catching an exception is to test for the condition you
expect might not pass. Assuming your Edictionary is a dict, all you
need to do is to make the reference conditional on the presence of that
particular key.
if Eword in Edictionary:
print(Edictionary[Eword])
else:
print("oops....
--
DaveA
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