Can you raise the statement outside the exception block ?? [Python]

Question

This is a question in the exception handling section of learn python.

I feel the answer to this question is ' no '.

But the correct answer is given as ' yes '.

I feel the answer should be ' no ' because, ' raise ' keyword cannot be used outside ' except ' block.

please feel free to correct me if I am wrong. but if I am correct, please change it in the learn python tutorial module exception handling and files. Because lot of learners will be affected.

with regards
George J Padayatti

Answer 1

https://www.quora.com/Can-we-use-a-raise-statement-outside-an-except-block-in-the-JUMP_LINK__&&__Python__&&__JUMP_LINK-language

I'm not a Pythonist :) but I think that it clarifies it for you. The answer is 'YES'.

Answer 2

George J Padayatty Unsurprisingly, that happens. No problem 👍

Answer 3

Oops I didn't read the question clearly. I implicitly thought about 'raise' statement without the exception specified. Which will obviously produce an error specifying 'no active exception to reraise'

I completely forgot about the usage 'raise' with an exception specified. for eg: raise ValueError

But thank you for reminding me.
This helped me a lot.