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title: "How to use try and except in a funtion?"  
description: "How to use try and except in a funtion?"  
author: "Revati S Misra"  
published: 2023-07-20  
updated: 2023-07-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159172/how-to-use-try-and-except-in-a-funtion  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#", "programming language"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How to use try and except in a funtion?

How to use try and [except](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/144/union-intersection-and-except-operator-in-sql-server) in a funtion?

## Replies

### Reply by Aryan Kumar

Sure, here is how you can use try and except in a function:

Python

```plaintext
def divide_numbers(x, y):
  try:
    result = x / y
  except ZeroDivisionError:
    print("Error: Can't divide by zero")
  else:
    return result

result = divide_numbers(10, 0)
```

In this example, the `divide_numbers()` function takes two numbers as input and divides them. If the denominator is zero, the `ZeroDivisionError` exception is raised. The `try`/`except` block catches the exception and prints a message to the user. The `else` block is executed if the exception is not raised. In this case, the `else` block returns the result of the division operation.

Here is a breakdown of how the `try`/`except` block works:

- The `try` keyword indicates the beginning of a block of code that may throw an exception.
- The `except` keyword is followed by the name of the exception that you want to catch. In this case, we are catching the `ZeroDivisionError` exception.
- The code in the `except` block will be executed if the exception is raised. In this case, the code prints a message to the user.
- The `else` keyword is followed by a block of code that will be executed if the exception is not raised. In this case, the code returns the result of the division operation.


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