Can you use the raise statement outside the except block?

Question

try:
num = 5 / 0
except:
print("An error occurred")
raise
------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
An error occurred

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "..\Playground\", line 5, in <module>
raise
RuntimeError: No active exception to reraise

Answer 1

You can use the raise statement anywhere, although if not in an except block you must specify the error (ex: raise or raise TypeError('wrong type')).

In the code you sent with the question, the raise is not indented, which in python means it is not part of the except block.

Answer 2

I answered that in the first part of my answer. If you were asking if you can re-raise the same exception outside of the except block, then I don't think so unless you assign it to a variable or something. As I mentioned before, you can call raise anywhere with a new exception.