[Tutor] Trying a csv error

[Danny Yoo]

> I'd like to do the following
> while(1):
>     try:
>         reader.next() ## csv object method
>     except cvs._csv.Error:  ## or something like this
>         print "bad csv record, skipping ...."
>         continue
>     except StopIteration:
>         break
>
> The problem is that python does not recognize the
> error objects and gives me:
> "'module' object has no attribute '_csv'".
>
> Any ideas on how to trap this error?

Hi Tim,

According to the bottom of:

    http://www.python.org/doc/lib/csv-contents.html

you should be able to check for csv.Error.

    """The csv module defines the following exception:

    exception Error
        Raised by any of the functions when an error is detected."""


Here's what it looks like:

######
>>> import csv
>>> csv.Error
<class _csv.Error at 0x81b4f8c>
######

So internally, csv.Error is the thing you've been seeing, but from the
API, you should try to ignore that particular internal implementation
detail, and just use csv.Error instead.


Best of wishes!