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import sys

def exc_thrower(x) :
    z = 0
    try :
        z = 100 / x
    except :
        print "Error encountered in exc_thrower: "+repr(sys.exc_type)

exc_thrower(0)








3.15.raise
3.15.1.raise Statement: raise [SomeException [, args [, traceback]]]
3.15.2.Raise value error
3.15.3.Raise error from function
3.15.4.raise ZeroDivisionError
3.15.5.raise exception-type