How to write trycatch in R

I want to write trycatch code to deal with error in downloading from the web. url <- c( “http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/library/base/html/connections.html”, “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xz”) y <- mapply(readLines, con=url) These two statements run successfully. Below, I create a non-exist web address: url <- c(“xxxxx”, “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xz”) url[1] does not exist. How does one write a trycatch loop (function) so that: When … Read more

Is it a good practice to use try-except-else in Python?

From time to time in Python, I see the block: try: try_this(whatever) except SomeException as exception: #Handle exception else: return something What is the reason for the try-except-else to exist? I do not like that kind of programming, as it is using exceptions to perform flow control. However, if it is included in the language, … Read more

Why catch and rethrow an exception in C#?

I’m looking at the article C# – Data Transfer Object on serializable DTOs. The article includes this piece of code: public static string SerializeDTO(DTO dto) { try { XmlSerializer xmlSer = new XmlSerializer(dto.GetType()); StringWriter sWriter = new StringWriter(); xmlSer.Serialize(sWriter, dto); return sWriter.ToString(); } catch(Exception ex) { throw ex; } } The rest of the article … Read more

Can I catch multiple Java exceptions in the same catch clause?

In Java, I want to do something like this: try { … } catch (/* code to catch IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException, IllegalAccessException, and NoSuchFieldException at the same time */) { someCode(); } …instead of: try { … } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { someCode(); } catch (SecurityException e) { someCode(); } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { someCode(); } … Read more

How to catch and print the full exception traceback without halting/exiting the program?

I want to catch and log exceptions without exiting, e.g., try: do_stuff() except Exception as err: print(Exception, err) # I want to print the entire traceback here, # not just the exception name and details I want to print the exact same output that is printed when the exception is raised without the try/except intercepting … Read more

Try-catch speeding up my code?

I wrote some code for testing the impact of try-catch, but seeing some surprising results. static void Main(string[] args) { Thread.CurrentThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest; Process.GetCurrentProcess().PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.RealTime; long start = 0, stop = 0, elapsed = 0; double avg = 0.0; long temp = Fibo(1); for (int i = 1; i < 100000000; i++) { start … Read more

What is the proper way to handle a NumberFormatException when it is expected?

Is there a method that I can call that will tell me if Integer.parseInt() will throw a NumberFormatException before calling it? Then I would have no problem logging this, since it should never happen. Sadly, no. At least not in the core Java API. It’s easy to write one, however – just modify the code … Read more

EOFException – how to handle?

While reading from the file, your are not terminating your loop. So its read all the values and correctly throws EOFException on the next iteration of the read at line below: If you read the documentation, it says: Throws: EOFException – if this input stream reaches the end before reading eight bytes. IOException – the stream has … Read more