If you want your exception handler to detect a particular error and ignore it, use the pass statement. For instance:

def divide_x_y(x, y):
    try:
        z = x / y
    	return z
    except TypeError, errmsg:
        print "Type error:", errmsg
    except ZeroDivisionError:
    	pass
    
result = divide_x_y(23, 0)

This exception handler detects division by zero errors, but does not do anything with them. This means that the divide_x_y(23, 0) statement does not cause anything to be printed.

	Use empty exceptions with caution, as you run the risk of missing important errors.