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<sub>Author:
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/asabeneh/" target="_blank">Asabeneh Yetayeh</a><br>
<small> First Edition: Nov 22 - Dec 22, 2019</small>
<small> Second Edition: July, 2021</small>
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## Python Error Types

When we write code it's common that we make a typo or some other common error. If our code fails to run, the python interpreter will display a message, containing feedback with information on where the problem occurs and the type of an error. It will also sometimes gives us suggestions on a possible fix. Understanding different types of errors in programming languages will help us to debug our code quickly and also it makes us better at what we do.
When we write code it is common that we make a typo or some other common error. If our code fails to run, the Python interpreter will display a message, containing feedback with information on where the problem occurs and the type of an error. It will also sometimes gives us suggestions on a possible fix. Understanding different types of errors in programming languages will help us to debug our code quickly and also it makes us better at what we do.

Let's see the most common error types one by one. First let us open our python interactive shell. Go to your you computer terminal and write 'python'. The python interactive shell will be opened.
Let us see the most common error types one by one. First let us open our Python interactive shell. Go to your you computer terminal and write 'python'. The python interactive shell will be opened.

### SyntaxError

**Example 1: SyntaxError**

```py
asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print 'hello world'
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>>>
```

As you can see we made a syntax error because we forgot to enclose the string with parenthesis and python already suggests the solution. Let's fix it.
As you can see we made a syntax error because we forgot to enclose the string with parenthesis and Python already suggests the solution. Let us fix it.

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print 'hello world'
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**Example 1: NameError**

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print(age)
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>>>
```

As you can see from the message above, name age is not defined. Yes, it is true. We did not define an age variable but we were trying to print it out as if we had had declared it. Now, lets fix this by declaring it and assigning with a value.
As you can see from the message above, name age is not defined. Yes, it is true that we did not define an age variable but we were trying to print it out as if we had had declared it. Now, lets fix this by declaring it and assigning with a value.

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print(age)
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**Example 1: IndexError**

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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>>>
```

In the example above, python raised an _IndexError_, because the list has only indexes from 0 to 4 , so it was out of range.
In the example above, Python raised an _IndexError_, because the list has only indexes from 0 to 4 , so it was out of range.

### ModuleNotFoundError

**Example 1: ModuleNotFoundError**

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import maths
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In the example above, I added an extra s to math deliberately and _ModuleNotFoundError_ was raised. Lets fix it by removing the extra s from math.

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import maths
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**Example 1: AttributeError**

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import maths
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As you can see, I made a mistake again! Instead of pi, I tried to call a PI function from maths module. It raised an attribute error, it means, that the function does not exist in the module. Lets fix it by changing from PI to pi.

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import maths
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**Example 1: KeyError**

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> users = {'name':'Asab', 'age':250, 'country':'Finland'}
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As you can see, there was a typo in the key used to get the dictionary value. so, this is a key error and the fix is quite straight forward. Let's do this!

```py
Last login: Tue Dec 3 15:20:41 on ttys002
asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> user = {'name':'Asab', 'age':250, 'country':'Finland'}
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**Example 1: TypeError**

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 4 + '3'
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In the example above, a TypeError is raised because we cannot add a number to a string. First solution would be to convert the string to int or float. Another solution would be converting the number to a string (the result then would be '43'). Let us follow the first fix.

```py
Last login: Tue Dec 3 15:20:41 on ttys002
asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 4 + '3'
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**Example 1: TypeError**

```py
Last login: Tue Dec 3 15:20:41 on ttys002
asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from math import power
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There is no function called power in the math module, it goes with a different name: _pow_. Let's correct it:

```py
Last login: Tue Dec 3 15:20:41 on ttys002
asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from math import power
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### ValueError

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> int('12a')
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### ZeroDivisionError

```py
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asabeneh@Asabeneh:~$ python
Python 3.7.5 (default, Nov 1 2019, 02:16:32)
Python 3.9.6 (default, Jun 28 2021, 15:26:21)
[Clang 11.0.0 (clang-1100.0.33.8)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> 1/0
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