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Handle division by zero

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Write a Python program that divides two numbers and prints a friendly message when the divisor is 0.

Input

(10, 2), (5, 0)

Output

5.0 | cannot divide by zero

Approach

Put the division in try and catch ZeroDivisionError.

Solution

Python

def safe_divide(a, b):    try:        return a / b    except ZeroDivisionError:        return "cannot divide by zero" print(safe_divide(10, 2), "|", safe_divide(5, 0))

Output

5.0 | cannot divide by zero

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Only the division is inside try; the specific exception is caught, so other bugs still show up.

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