BaseException — Easy Playground

Root base class for all exceptions including KeyboardInterrupt and SystemExit

Python Playground

# Triggering and catching BaseException
try:
    raise BaseException("base exception")
except BaseException as e:
    print(f"Caught BaseException: {e}")
    print(f"Type: {type(e).__name__}")

Output

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BaseException is raised when root base class for all exceptions including keyboardinterrupt and systemexit. Always catch specific exceptions rather than bare except clauses.

Challenge

Try modifying the code above to explore different behaviors. Can you extend the example to handle a new use case?

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