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

How about this:

try:
    f = open(fname, 'rb')
except OSError:
    print "Could not open/read file:", fname
    sys.exit()

with f:
    reader = csv.reader(f)
    for row in reader:
        pass #do stuff here