[Tutor] Resuming one block of code continuously after exception in try/except construction

[Alan Gauld]

On 07/07/14 00:28, Alan Gauld wrote:

> Drop the else clause and put the try/except inside a while...
>
> def makelgpwdcombs(brutelistname):
>      while True:
>        try:
>         blst = open(brutelistname, 'r')
>            break # exit loop if no error

oops, indentation error there. Sorry
       while True:
           try:
              blst = open(brutelistname, 'r')
              break # exit loop if no error

>         except:
>            print("[-] Invalid file name or insufficient priviliges")
>
>      print("[+] File opened. Working...")   # only after valid input


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