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Handle KeyError exception and get dictionary name which caused the trouble

KeyError exception object contains args attribute. This is a list and it contains a key name which user tries to access within a dictionary.
Is it possible to figure out dictionary name which does not contain that key and which caused an exception while trying to access the key within it?
Example
data = {"my_key": "my_value"}
try:
data["unknown_key"] except KeyError as e:
print("key name: ", e.args[0])
print("dictionary name: ", e.???) # Here I would need to know the the name of a variable which stores the dictionary is "data"

You can kinda hack this with Python 3.11+, since the traceback contains fine-grained information about where the error happened.
import ast
import linecache
import traceback
data = {"my_key": "my_value"}
flurk = data
try:
data["flep"] = data["my_key"] + flurk["unknown_key"]
except KeyError as e:
# Find the last frame where the exception occurred, formatted as a FrameSummary
err_frame = traceback.TracebackException.from_exception(e).stack[-1]
if err_frame.lineno == getattr(err_frame, "end_lineno", -1): # If we can reliably find the line,
# ... read the line,
line = linecache.getline(err_frame.filename, err_frame.lineno)
# find the "marked segment" in it,
fragment = line[err_frame.colno:err_frame.end_colno]
# ... and parse it as an expression.
expr: ast.Expression = ast.parse(fragment, mode='eval')
# Check we're dealing with a subscript (index) node...
assert isinstance(expr.body, ast.Subscript)
# ... and extract the main parts of the expression.
subscriptee = ast.unparse(expr.body.value)
subscript = ast.unparse(expr.body.slice)
else:
subscriptee = None # No idea
subscript = e.args[0] # Just use the exception message
raise RuntimeError(f"KeyError with {subscriptee=!r}, {subscript=!r}") from e
prints out
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "scratch_679.py", line 8, in <module>
data["flep"] = data["my_key"] + flurk["unknown_key"]
~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'unknown_key'
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "scratch_679.py", line 27, in <module>
raise RuntimeError(f"KeyError with {subscriptee=!r}, {subscript=!r}") from e
RuntimeError: KeyError with subscriptee='flurk', subscript="'unknown_key'"
so you can see the subscriptee name is flurk.

How to properly handle multiple Runtime errors?

Program description:
Program accepts a file name and a segment, consisting of two numbers (each divided by one space). Then it outputs all lines from existing file where their indicies lie within the given segment.
My solution:
import sys
try:
par = input("Input (<file> <low border of the segment> <high border of the segment>): ").split(' ')
print(17 * '-')
f = par[0]
f_lines = [line.strip("\n") for line in f if line != "\n"]
length = len(f_lines)
if (par == ''):
raise RuntimeError('Error: undefined')
if (par[2] == None) or (par[2] == ''):
raise RuntimeError('Error: segment is limited')
if ((par[1] and par[2]) == None) or ((par[1] and par[2]) == ''):
raise RuntimeError('Error: segment undefined')
if (int(par[2]) >= length):
raise RuntimeError('Error: segment can not be greater than length the amount of lines')
if (par[1] == ''):
a = 0
if (par[2] == ''):
b = 0
segment = [int(par[1]), (int(par[2]) + 1)]
with open(par[0]) as f:
data = f.read().splitlines()
for k in range(segment[0], segment[1]):
print(data[k])
except (FileNotFoundError, IOError, NameError):
print('[!] Error: your input is incorrect. The file may be missing or something else. \n[?] For further information see full error logs: \n',sys.exc_info())
except RuntimeError as e:
print(e)
Problem:
When I try running my program in different ways to test each of my Runtime errors I always get this message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\1\Desktop\IT\pycharm\sem_2.py", line 10, in <module>
if (par[2] == None) or (par[2] == ''):
IndexError: list index out of range
I cannot wrap my head around how can I properly handle multiple Runtime errors so they would display as a text message. I haven't found any solution to my question anywhere online, so I'm trying to ask here.
I will appreciate any help, thanks in advance.

Your code would catch FileNotFoundError, IOError, NameError and RuntimeError but what is actually thrown is IndexError and that is not handled.
You may want to add IndexError it to the first except block:
except (FileNotFoundError, IOError, NameError, IndexError):
print('[!] Error: input incorrect!') # ^^^^^^^^^^^^
or perhaps add another except block if you want a custom message for IndexError:
except (FileNotFoundError, IOError, NameError):
print('[!] Error: input incorrect!')
except IndexError:
print('[!] Error: IndexError just happened!')
By the way, the following will always be False because the code in parentheses will resolve to a bool first, which can either be True or False and these are obviously never equal to '' or None:
((par[1] and par[2]) == None) or ((par[1] and par[2]) == '')
You may way want to rewrite it to:
(par[1] is None and par[2] is None) or (par[1] == '' and par[2] == '')

Handling key error in python

The below function parses the cisco command output,stores the output in dictionary and returns the value for a given key. This function works as expected when the dictionary contains the output. However, if the command returns no output at all the length of dictionary is 0 and the function returns a key error . I have used exception KeyError: But this doesn't seem to work.
from qa.ssh import Ssh
import re
class crypto:
def __init__(self, username, ip, password, machinetype):
self.user_name = username
self.ip_address = ip
self.pass_word = password
self.machine_type = machinetype
self.router_ssh = Ssh(ip=self.ip_address,
user=self.user_name,
password=self.pass_word,
machine_type=self.machine_type
)
def session_status(self, interface):
command = 'show crypto session interface '+interface
result = self.router_ssh.cmd(command)
try:
resultDict = dict(map(str.strip, line.split(':', 1))
for line in result.split('\n') if ':' in line)
return resultDict
except KeyError:
return False
test script :
obj = crypto('uname', 'ipaddr', 'password', 'router')
out = obj.session_status('tunnel0')
status = out['Peer']
print(status)
Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./test_parser.py", line 16, in <module>
status = out['Peer']
KeyError: 'Peer'

The KeyError did not happend in the function session_status,it is happend in your script at status = out['Peer'].So your try and except in session_status will not work.you should make a try and except for status = out['Peer']:
try:
status = out['Peer']
except KeyError:
print 'no Peer'
or :
status = out.get('Peer', None)

Your exception is not in the right place. As you said you just return an empty dictionary with your function. The exception is trying to lookup the key on empty dictionary object that is returned status = outertunnel['Peer']. It might be easier to check it with the dict get function. status = outertunnel.get('Peer',False) or improve the test within the function session_status, like testing the length to decide what to return False if len(resultDict) == 0

This explains the problem you're seeing.
The exception happens when you reference out['Peer'] because out is an empty dict. To see where the KeyError exception can come into play, this is how it operates on an empty dict:
out = {}
status = out['Peer']
Throws the error you're seeing. The following shows how to deal with an unfound key in out:
out = {}
try:
status = out['Peer']
except KeyError:
status = False
print('The key you asked for is not here status has been set to False')
Even if the returned object was False, out['Peer'] still fails:
>>> out = False
>>> out['Peer']
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in <module>
out['Peer']
TypeError: 'bool' object is not subscriptable
I'm not sure how you should proceed, but dealing with the result of session_status not having the values you need is the way forward, and the try: except: block inside the session_status function isn't doing anything at the moment.

Python not catching exception

For some reason my code is not catching an exception when I throw it. I have
def trim_rad(rad):
...
if not modrad.shape[0]:
raise IndexError("Couldn't find main chunk")
return modrad, thetas
Then later I call that function:
try:
modrad, thetas = trim_rad(rad)
except IndexError("Couldn't find main chunk"):
return 0
Yet I still get a traceback with that exception. What am I doing wrong?

Catch just the IndexError.
try:
raise IndexError('abc')
except IndexError('abc'):
print 'a'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#22>", line 2, in <module>
raise IndexError('abc')
IndexError: abc
try:
raise IndexError('abc')
except IndexError:
print 'a'
a # Output
So, reduce your code to
try:
modrad, thetas = trim_rad(rad)
except IndexError:
return 0
If you want to catch the error message too, use the following syntax:
try:
raise IndexError('abc')
except IndexError as err:
print err
abc

You gave except an instance of an IndexError. Do this instead:
try:
modrad, thetas = trim_rad(rad)
except IndexError:
print "Couldn't find main chunk"
return 0
Here is an example:
>>> try:
... [1][1]
... except IndexError('no'):
... pass
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
IndexError: list index out of range
>>> try:
... [1][1]
... except IndexError:
... pass
...
>>>

change
except IndexError("Couldn't find main chunk"):
to
except IndexError:

You seem to be catching the exception wrong. You catch exceptions of type, the notation below will assign the exception to e so you can read the description in your except handler.
try:
modrad, thetas = trim_rad(rad)
except IndexError as e:
print e.message
return 0

Condition not being evaluated as expected

I have a piece of code that acts as a listener of a button and evaluates whether some fields above this button are filled in:
def goListener(self):
if all( [self.nme.get() != "", self.dsc.get() != "", self.imp.get != ""] ):
name = self.nme.get()
desc = self.dsc.get()
while True:
try:
imp = int(self.imp.get())
break
except:
imp = int(self.imp.get())
When I run this program with different fields filled in or otherwise, it gets it right and produces the error message I ask it to with every combination except where nme and dsc are filled in but imp isn't, this produces the error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python33\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1442, in __call__
return self.func(*args)
File "C:\Python33\todo.py", line 68, in goListener
imp = int(self.imp.get())
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''
This is running the except block by the way, which it shouldn't. Is this a problem with the evaluation, or am I missing something here?

You have:
self.imp.get != ""
You are failing to invoke the .get() method. Try:
self.imp.get() != ""

If imp = int(self.imp.get()) throws an error, calling it again outside of a try block will throw the same error.
The except block is for code that should run when there is an exception:
try:
imp = int(self.imp.get())
break
except:
print "Something bad happened"