Run a python script from within python and also catch the exception

Question

Run a python script from within python and also catch the exception.

File: test1.py

try:
    a = 1/0
except:
    raise

File: test2.py

import subprocess
subprocess.call('python test.py', shell=True)

How can I run test1.py and also catch the ZeroDivisionError in test2.py ?

Answer 1

You can achieve this with exec:

with open('script.py') as f:
    script = f.read()
    try:
        exec(script)
    except ZeroDivisionError as e:
        print('yay!', e)