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Why does except OSError catch a missing file?
Short answer. FileNotFoundError is an OSError.
What prints when old.txt is missing?
No file yet.
Remember
| Risky file code goes in try |
| except OSError catches it |
A missing file crashes your program. Here is the fix. Put risky lines in try. File not found is an O S error, so except catches it. Two points. Risky file code goes in try. Except O S error catches it.
This clip is from the full lesson: File Handling — 6 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 9 Information Technology (402), ICSE Class 9 Computer Applications, ISC Class 11 Computer Science (868), ISC Class 11 Computer Science (868)
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