raise statement later in this they provide access to the objects that are raised as exceptions catching any and all exceptions the first and fourth entries in table - are new hereexcept clauses that list no exception name (except:catch all exceptions not previously listed in the try statement except clauses that list set of exceptions in parentheses (except ( ):catch any of the listed exceptions because python looks for match within given try by inspecting the except clauses from top to bottomthe parenthesized version has the same effect as listing each exception in its own except clausebut you have to code the statement body associated with each only once here' an example of multiple except clauses at workwhich demonstrates just how specific your handlers can betryaction(except nameerrorexcept indexerrorexcept keyerrorexcept (attributeerrortypeerrorsyntaxerror)elsein this exampleif an exception is raised while the call to the action function is runningpython returns to the try and searches for the first except that names the exception raised it inspects the except clauses from top to bottom and left to rightand runs the statements under the first one that matches if none matchthe exception is propagated past this try note that the else runs only when no exception occurs in action--it does not run when an exception without matching except is raised catching allthe empty except and exception if you really want general "catchallclausean empty except does the tricktryaction(except nameerrorexcept indexerrorexcepthandle nameerror handle indexerror handle all other exceptions exception coding details