I want to exception handle 'list index out of range.'

Question

I am using BeautifulSoup and parsing some HTMLs.

I\'m getting a certain data from each HTML (using for loop) and adding that data to a cert

Answer 1

A ternary will suffice. change:

gotdata = dlist[1]

to

gotdata = dlist[1] if len(dlist) > 1 else 'null'

this is a shorter way of expressing

if len(dlist) > 1:
    gotdata = dlist[1]
else: 
    gotdata = 'null'