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Python Python Basics All Together Now Handle Exceptions

Adam Franklin
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Adam Franklin
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,096 Points

Why won't my ValueError is the tickets are greater than the remaining tickets run?

My code seems to just jump to the except ValueError rule instead of executing my raise ValueError if num_tickets > tickets_remaining.

Any help would be appreciated.

while tickets_remaining >= 1: users_name = input("Hi! What is your name? ") num_tickets = input("Hi {}! How many tickets would you like? ".format(users_name)) #expect a ValueError to happen and handle it. try: num_tickets = int(num_tickets) if num_tickets > tickets_remaining: raise ValueError("There are only {} tickets remaining".format(tickets_remaining)) #raise a ValueError if the request is for more tickets than are available except ValueError as err: print("Oh no, we ran into an error! Please try again".format(err )) else: total_price = (num_tickets * TICKET_PRICE) print("Adam, your total will be ${} ".format(total_price)) confirm = input("Would you like to proceed? Y/N ") if confirm.upper() == "Y": print("Sold!!! ")

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1 Answer

It does run. But there is no placeholder in the following string for the error message

"Oh no, we ran into an error! Please try again".format(err )

Replace that with this and you will see the message

"Oh no, we ran into an error! {}. Please try again".format(err )
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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I also noticed that tickets_remaining is not being reduced on a successful sale, so only a single sale larger than the starting total would raise an error.

And as long as you purchase smaller amounts, there's an infinite supply of tickets! :wink: