To round out your exploration of advanced Python skills, you'll import modules, work with built-in modules, and create custom modules and packages. You'll also work with built-in and custom exceptions so your code handles problems gracefully.
PCAP: Modules, Packages, and Exception Handling
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PCAP: Modules, Packages, and Exception Handling
This course is part of Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP) Specialization
Instructor: Bill Rosenthal
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Manage absolute, relative, qualified, and universal module imports while inspecting search paths using the sys.path variable.
Leverage bundled math, random, and platform modules alongside custom multi-level nested packages and initialization files.
Trace complex exception hierarchies, catch chained or nested errors, and implement custom exceptions using try-except-else blocks.
Data files for this course are provided in the first course of this specialization, "PCAP: Python Input, Output, and String Handling".
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