[Tutor] Using try, except else inside function definition

[Alan Gauld]

On 21/10/2021 02:29, Manprit Singh wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> 
> I have written the count_words function again, but this time i am not
> including try except and else inside function, this seems more good to me
> 
> def count_words(filename):
>     with open(filename) as fileobj:
>         content = fileobj.read()
>     return len(content.split())
> 
> try:
>     filename ="fileread.txt"
>     wdcnt = count_words(filename)
> 
> except FileNotFoundError:
>     print("File not exists")
> 
> else:
>     print("Number of words in file are", wdcnt)

I'd say it was better because your function could now be used
in other contexts.

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