11. Exception Handling: A Deeper Look

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

—Franklin Delano Roosevelt

O! throw away the worser part of it, And live the purer with the other half.

—William Shakespeare

If they’re running and they don’t look where they’re going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them.

—Jerome David Salinger

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll:

Image Learn what exceptions are and how they’re handled.

Image Learn when to use exception handling.

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