What is a good way to handle exceptions when trying to read a file in python?

Question

I want to read a .csv file in python.

• I don\'t know if the file exists.
• My current solution is below. It feels sloppy to me because the two separate ex

Answer 1

I guess I misunderstood what was being asked. Re-re-reading, it looks like Tim's answer is what you want. Let me just add this, however: if you want to catch an exception from open, then open has to be wrapped in a try. If the call to open is in the header of a with, then the with has to be in a try to catch the exception. There's no way around that.

So the answer is either: "Tim's way" or "No, you're doing it correctly.".

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_{Previous unhelpful answer to which all the comments refer:}

import os

if os.path.exists(fName):
   with open(fName, 'rb') as f:
       try:
           # do stuff
       except : # whatever reader errors you care about
           # handle error