Catching an unknown error

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    Harlin> value = raw_input("Type a divisor: ")
    Harlin> try:
    Harlin>    value = int(value)
    Harlin>    print "42 / %d = %d" % (value, 42/value)
    Harlin> except ValueError:
    Harlin>     print "I can't convert the value to an integer"
    Harlin> except ZeroDivisionError:
    Harlin>     print "Your value should not be zero"
    Harlin> except:
    Harlin>     print "Something unexpected happened"

    Harlin> In the last 'except' block, how can I print out the particular
    Harlin> error name even though one is not specifically named?

>>> try:
...   1/0
... except Exception, err:
...   print repr(err)
...
<exceptions.ZeroDivisionError instance at 0x81e96ac>

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