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Erik Embervine
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,442 Pointswhy does Craig choose to raise an exception of type "ValueError" in the split_check() function?
i thought values less than 1 (like 0) resulted in a "ZeroDivisionError"?
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Steven Parker
231,261 PointsPerforming an invalid division would generate an exception automatically. But before even trying the math, this code is detecting that a wrong value was entered, so "ValueError" is a more appropriate type.
Erik Embervine
Python Development Techdegree Student 2,442 Pointsok, thanks