Question

question: 6
why do programmers use try and except statements when their code might throw an exception?
so that the programmer can disregard the exception and do what he/she wants anyways
because python requires it
to handle exceptions gracefully and either handle the error or print out a useful error message.
exceptions only are thrown when there are try and except statements. otherwise, the program will just fail and the programmer will have no idea why it failed.

Explanation:

The try block is used to enclose code that might raise an exception. The except block catches and handles that exception. This allows the program to continue running (if appropriate handling is done) or provide a meaningful error message instead of crashing abruptly. Python does not require try - except for all code (code can run without it and just crash on exception). Also, exceptions can be thrown without try - except (the program will just terminate with an error message). And disregarding the exception in a wrong way (not proper handling) is not the purpose.

Answer:

To handle exceptions gracefully and either handle the error or print out a useful error message.