[Tutor] Trying a csv error

[Tim Johnson]

Hi Danny:
 Thanks! 
 tim
 (who_should_have_read_the_docs)

* Danny Yoo <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu> [060210 13:56]:
> > 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!
> 
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