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

fname = 'filenotfound.txt'
try:
    f = open(fname, 'rb')
except FileNotFoundError:
    print("file {} does not exist".format(fname))

file filenotfound.txt does not exist

exception FileNotFoundError Raised when a file or directory is requested but doesn’t exist. Corresponds to errno ENOENT.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html
This exception does not exist in Python 2.