- ValueError
Raise ValueError exception
You can be more specific with your error type and raise a ValueError.
examples/exceptions/raise_value_error.py
def add_material(name, amount): if amount <= 0: raise ValueError(f"Amount of {name} must be positive. {amount} was given.") print(f"Adding {name}: {amount}") def main(): things_to_add = ( ("apple", 3), ("sugar", -1), ("banana", 2), ) for name, amount in things_to_add: try: add_material(name, amount) except Exception as err: print(f"Exception: {err}") print("Type: " + type(err).__name__) main()
$ python raise_value_error.py Adding apple: 3 Exception: Amount of sugar must be positive. -1 was given. Type: ValueError Adding banana: 2