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1 \section{Built-in Exceptions}
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10 The following exceptions can be generated by the interpreter or
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24 \begin{excdesc}{AttributeError}
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29 \end{excdesc}
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32 % XXXJH xrefs here
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37 (N.B.: the \code{read()} and \code{readline()} methods of file
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48 \begin{excdesc}{ImportError}
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49 % XXXJH xref to import statement?
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50 Raised when an \code{import} statement fails to find the module
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56 % XXXJH xref to sequences
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116 % XXXJH xref to these functions?
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156 Raised when a built-in operation or function is applied to an object
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158 details about the type mismatch.
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159 \end{excdesc}
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161 \begin{excdesc}{ValueError}
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162 Raised when a built-in operation or function receives an argument
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163 that has the right type but an inappropriate value, and the
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164 situation is not described by a more precise exception such as
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165 \code{IndexError}.
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166 \end{excdesc}
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167
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168 \begin{excdesc}{ZeroDivisionError}
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169 Raised when the second argument of a division or modulo operation is
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171 operands and the operation.
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172 \end{excdesc}