Ruby Language Catching Exceptions with Begin / Rescue Saving the Error
Example
You can save the error if you want to use it in the rescue clause
def divide(x, y)
begin
x/y
rescue => e
puts "There was a %s (%s)" % [e.class, e.message]
puts e.backtrace
end
end
> divide(10, 0)
There was a ZeroDivisionError (divided by 0)
from (irb):10:in `/'
from (irb):10
from /Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/bin/irb:11:in `<main>'
> divide(10, 'a')
There was a TypeError (String can't be coerced into Fixnum)
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb/workspace.rb:87:in `eval'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb/workspace.rb:87:in `evaluate'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb/context.rb:380:in `evaluate'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb.rb:489:in `block (2 levels) in eval_input'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb.rb:623:in `signal_status'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb.rb:486:in `block in eval_input'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb/ruby-lex.rb:246:in `block (2 levels) in each_top_level_statement'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb/ruby-lex.rb:232:in `loop'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb/ruby-lex.rb:232:in `block in each_top_level_statement'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb/ruby-lex.rb:231:in `catch'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb/ruby-lex.rb:231:in `each_top_level_statement'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb.rb:485:in `eval_input'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb.rb:395:in `block in start'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb.rb:394:in `catch'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/irb.rb:394:in `start'
/Users/username/.rbenv/versions/2.3.1/bin/irb:11:in `<main>'
