class NegativeNumberError( ArithmeticError ): pass
def squareRoot( number ): if number < 0: raise NegativeNumberError, "Square root of negative number not permitted" return math.sqrt( number )
while 1: try: userValue = float( raw_input( "nPlease enter a number: " ) ) print squareRoot( userValue ) # float raises ValueError if input is not numerical except ValueError: print "The entered value is not a number" # squareRoot raises NegativeNumberError if number is negative except NegativeNumberError, exception: print exception else: break
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