running code if try statements were successful in python

Question

I was wondering if in python there was a simple way to run code if a try statement was successful that wasn't in the try statement itself. Is that what the else or finally commands do (I didn't understand their documentation)? I know I could use code like this:

successful = False try:     #code that might fail     successful = True except:     #error handling if code failed if successful:     #code to run if try was successful that isn't part of try 

but I was wondering if there was a shorter way.

Answer 1

You want else:

for i in [0, 1]:     try:         print '10 / %i: ' % i, 10 / i     except:         print 'Uh-Oh'     else:         print 'Yay!' 

Answer 2

You are looking for the else keyword:

try:     #code that might fail except SomeException:     #error handling if code failed else:     # do this if no exception occured