How to catch str exception?

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anuraguniyal at yahoo.com wrote:
> but the whole point of catching such exception is that i can print its
> value
> there are many such exceptions and hence it is not feasible to catch
> them all or know them all unless i go thru src code.
> 
If string exceptions are so difficult to use, don't use them! :-)

It would be better to write your own exception class:

class MyException(Exception):
     pass

try:
     raise MyException("Something bad happened!")
except MyException, e:
     print "ERROR: %s" % e