19.5 Finally

Finally

The finally statement is used when you want a chunk of code to run whether or not the try section creates an error. Basically, it’s something you always want to run. To use it, just type finally: and remember to indent the next line. It should be placed beneath all try, except, and else keywords in the clause.


try:
	x = 1
	y = "hi"
	x + y
except:
	print("something went wrong")
else:
	print("no errors found")
finally:
	print("x is", x, "\ny is", y) #will run no matter what

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Practice

Finally Use

Write a function that takes two parameters. It should try to divide parameter 1 by parameter 2 to get a result. The function should then attempt to print that result. However, if something goes wrong, print a message, saying, “something went wrong”. Finally, it should, no matter what, print “Goodbye World” when it is done. (Optional: have specific messages for different errors).

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