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  <section id="module-traceback">
<span id="traceback-print-or-retrieve-a-stack-traceback"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-traceback" title="traceback: Print or retrieve a stack traceback."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">traceback</span></code></a> — Print or retrieve a stack traceback<a class="headerlink" href="#module-traceback" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.12/Lib/traceback.py">Lib/traceback.py</a></p>
<hr class="docutils" />
<p>This module provides a standard interface to extract, format and print stack
traces of Python programs.  It exactly mimics the behavior of the Python
interpreter when it prints a stack trace.  This is useful when you want to print
stack traces under program control, such as in a “wrapper” around the
interpreter.</p>
<p id="index-0">The module uses <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#traceback-objects"><span class="std std-ref">traceback objects</span></a> — these are
objects of type <a class="reference internal" href="types.html#types.TracebackType" title="types.TracebackType"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">types.TracebackType</span></code></a>,
which are assigned to the <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException.__traceback__" title="BaseException.__traceback__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__traceback__</span></code></a> field of
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException" title="BaseException"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BaseException</span></code></a> instances.</p>
<div class="admonition seealso">
<p class="admonition-title">See also</p>
<dl class="simple">
<dt>Module <a class="reference internal" href="faulthandler.html#module-faulthandler" title="faulthandler: Dump the Python traceback."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">faulthandler</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>Used to dump Python tracebacks explicitly, on a fault, after a timeout, or on a user signal.</p>
</dd>
<dt>Module <a class="reference internal" href="pdb.html#module-pdb" title="pdb: The Python debugger for interactive interpreters."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pdb</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>Interactive source code debugger for Python programs.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<p>The module defines the following functions:</p>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.print_tb">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">print_tb</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">tb</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.print_tb" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Print up to <em>limit</em> stack trace entries from
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#traceback-objects"><span class="std std-ref">traceback object</span></a> <em>tb</em> (starting
from the caller’s frame) if <em>limit</em> is positive.  Otherwise, print the last
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">abs(limit)</span></code> entries.  If <em>limit</em> is omitted or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, all entries are
printed.  If <em>file</em> is omitted or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, the output goes to
<a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.stderr" title="sys.stderr"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stderr</span></code></a>; otherwise it should be an open
<a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file</span></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file-like object</span></a> to
receive the output.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.5: </span>Added negative <em>limit</em> support.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.print_exception">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">print_exception</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">/</span></span></em>, <span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">tb</span></span></em>, <span class="optional">]</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit=None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file=None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">chain=True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.print_exception" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Print exception information and stack trace entries from
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#traceback-objects"><span class="std std-ref">traceback object</span></a>
<em>tb</em> to <em>file</em>. This differs from <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.print_tb" title="traceback.print_tb"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_tb()</span></code></a> in the following
ways:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>if <em>tb</em> is not <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, it prints a header <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Traceback</span> <span class="pre">(most</span> <span class="pre">recent</span>
<span class="pre">call</span> <span class="pre">last):</span></code></p></li>
<li><p>it prints the exception type and <em>value</em> after the stack trace</p></li>
</ul>
<ul class="simple" id="index-1">
<li><p>if <em>type(value)</em> is <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#SyntaxError" title="SyntaxError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SyntaxError</span></code></a> and <em>value</em> has the appropriate
format, it prints the line where the syntax error occurred with a caret
indicating the approximate position of the error.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Since Python 3.10, instead of passing <em>value</em> and <em>tb</em>, an exception object
can be passed as the first argument. If <em>value</em> and <em>tb</em> are provided, the
first argument is ignored in order to provide backwards compatibility.</p>
<p>The optional <em>limit</em> argument has the same meaning as for <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.print_tb" title="traceback.print_tb"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_tb()</span></code></a>.
If <em>chain</em> is true (the default), then chained exceptions (the
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException.__cause__" title="BaseException.__cause__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__cause__</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException.__context__" title="BaseException.__context__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__context__</span></code></a>
attributes of the exception) will be
printed as well, like the interpreter itself does when printing an unhandled
exception.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.5: </span>The <em>etype</em> argument is ignored and inferred from the type of <em>value</em>.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>The <em>etype</em> parameter has been renamed to <em>exc</em> and is now
positional-only.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.print_exc">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">print_exc</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">chain</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.print_exc" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This is a shorthand for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_exception(sys.exception(),</span> <span class="pre">limit,</span> <span class="pre">file,</span>
<span class="pre">chain)</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.print_last">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">print_last</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">chain</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.print_last" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This is a shorthand for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_exception(sys.last_exc,</span> <span class="pre">limit,</span> <span class="pre">file,</span>
<span class="pre">chain)</span></code>.  In general it will work only after an exception has reached
an interactive prompt (see <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.last_exc" title="sys.last_exc"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.last_exc</span></code></a>).</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.print_stack">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">print_stack</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">f</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.print_stack" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Print up to <em>limit</em> stack trace entries (starting from the invocation
point) if <em>limit</em> is positive.  Otherwise, print the last <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">abs(limit)</span></code>
entries.  If <em>limit</em> is omitted or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, all entries are printed.
The optional <em>f</em> argument can be used to specify an alternate
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame-objects"><span class="std std-ref">stack frame</span></a>
to start.  The optional <em>file</em> argument has the same meaning as for
<a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.print_tb" title="traceback.print_tb"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_tb()</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.5: </span>Added negative <em>limit</em> support.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.extract_tb">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">extract_tb</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">tb</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.extract_tb" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.StackSummary" title="traceback.StackSummary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary</span></code></a> object representing a list of “pre-processed”
stack trace entries extracted from the
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#traceback-objects"><span class="std std-ref">traceback object</span></a> <em>tb</em>.  It is useful
for alternate formatting of stack traces.  The optional <em>limit</em> argument has
the same meaning as for <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.print_tb" title="traceback.print_tb"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_tb()</span></code></a>.  A “pre-processed” stack trace
entry is a <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary" title="traceback.FrameSummary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></code></a> object containing attributes
<a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary.filename" title="traceback.FrameSummary.filename"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">filename</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary.lineno" title="traceback.FrameSummary.lineno"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lineno</span></code></a>,
<a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary.name" title="traceback.FrameSummary.name"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">name</span></code></a>, and <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary.line" title="traceback.FrameSummary.line"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">line</span></code></a> representing the
information that is usually printed for a stack trace.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.extract_stack">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">extract_stack</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">f</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.extract_stack" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Extract the raw traceback from the current
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame-objects"><span class="std std-ref">stack frame</span></a>.  The return value has
the same format as for <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.extract_tb" title="traceback.extract_tb"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">extract_tb()</span></code></a>.  The optional <em>f</em> and <em>limit</em>
arguments have the same meaning as for <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.print_stack" title="traceback.print_stack"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_stack()</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.format_list">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">format_list</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">extracted_list</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.format_list" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Given a list of tuples or <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary" title="traceback.FrameSummary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></code></a> objects as returned by
<a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.extract_tb" title="traceback.extract_tb"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">extract_tb()</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.extract_stack" title="traceback.extract_stack"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">extract_stack()</span></code></a>, return a list of strings ready
for printing.  Each string in the resulting list corresponds to the item with
the same index in the argument list.  Each string ends in a newline; the
strings may contain internal newlines as well, for those items whose source
text line is not <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.format_exception_only">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">format_exception_only</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">/</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.format_exception_only" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Format the exception part of a traceback using an exception value such as
given by <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.last_value" title="sys.last_value"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.last_value</span></code></a>.  The return value is a list of strings, each
ending in a newline.  The list contains the exception’s message, which is
normally a single string; however, for <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#SyntaxError" title="SyntaxError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SyntaxError</span></code></a> exceptions, it
contains several lines that (when printed) display detailed information
about where the syntax error occurred. Following the message, the list
contains the exception’s <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException.__notes__" title="BaseException.__notes__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">notes</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Since Python 3.10, instead of passing <em>value</em>, an exception object
can be passed as the first argument.  If <em>value</em> is provided, the first
argument is ignored in order to provide backwards compatibility.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>The <em>etype</em> parameter has been renamed to <em>exc</em> and is now
positional-only.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.11: </span>The returned list now includes any
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException.__notes__" title="BaseException.__notes__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">notes</span></code></a> attached to the exception.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.format_exception">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">format_exception</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">/</span></span></em>, <span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">tb</span></span></em>, <span class="optional">]</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit=None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">chain=True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.format_exception" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Format a stack trace and the exception information.  The arguments  have the
same meaning as the corresponding arguments to <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.print_exception" title="traceback.print_exception"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_exception()</span></code></a>.  The
return value is a list of strings, each ending in a newline and some
containing internal newlines.  When these lines are concatenated and printed,
exactly the same text is printed as does <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.print_exception" title="traceback.print_exception"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_exception()</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.5: </span>The <em>etype</em> argument is ignored and inferred from the type of <em>value</em>.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>This function’s behavior and signature were modified to match
<a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.print_exception" title="traceback.print_exception"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_exception()</span></code></a>.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.format_exc">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">format_exc</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">chain</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.format_exc" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This is like <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_exc(limit)</span></code> but returns a string instead of printing to
a file.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.format_tb">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">format_tb</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">tb</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.format_tb" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A shorthand for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">format_list(extract_tb(tb,</span> <span class="pre">limit))</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.format_stack">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">format_stack</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">f</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.format_stack" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A shorthand for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">format_list(extract_stack(f,</span> <span class="pre">limit))</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.clear_frames">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">clear_frames</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">tb</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.clear_frames" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Clears the local variables of all the stack frames in a
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#traceback-objects"><span class="std std-ref">traceback</span></a> <em>tb</em>
by calling the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame.clear" title="frame.clear"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">clear()</span></code></a> method of each
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame-objects"><span class="std std-ref">frame object</span></a>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.4.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.walk_stack">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">walk_stack</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">f</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.walk_stack" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Walk a stack following <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame.f_back" title="frame.f_back"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">f.f_back</span></code></a> from the given frame,
yielding the frame
and line number for each frame. If <em>f</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, the current stack is
used. This helper is used with <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.StackSummary.extract" title="traceback.StackSummary.extract"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary.extract()</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.5.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.walk_tb">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">walk_tb</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">tb</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.walk_tb" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Walk a traceback following <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#traceback.tb_next" title="traceback.tb_next"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tb_next</span></code></a> yielding the frame and
line number
for each frame. This helper is used with <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.StackSummary.extract" title="traceback.StackSummary.extract"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary.extract()</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.5.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<p>The module also defines the following classes:</p>
<section id="tracebackexception-objects">
<h2><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TracebackException</span></code> Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#tracebackexception-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.5.</span></p>
</div>
<p><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TracebackException</span></code> objects are created from actual exceptions to
capture data for later printing in a lightweight fashion.</p>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">TracebackException</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc_type</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc_value</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc_traceback</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">lookup_lines</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">capture_locals</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compact</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">max_group_width</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">15</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">max_group_depth</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">10</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Capture an exception for later rendering. <em>limit</em>, <em>lookup_lines</em> and
<em>capture_locals</em> are as for the <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.StackSummary" title="traceback.StackSummary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary</span></code></a> class.</p>
<p>If <em>compact</em> is true, only data that is required by
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TracebackException</span></code>’s <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#format" title="format"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">format()</span></code></a> method
is saved in the class attributes. In particular, the
<a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.TracebackException.__context__" title="traceback.TracebackException.__context__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__context__</span></code></a> field is calculated only if <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.TracebackException.__cause__" title="traceback.TracebackException.__cause__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__cause__</span></code></a> is
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> and <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.TracebackException.__suppress_context__" title="traceback.TracebackException.__suppress_context__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__suppress_context__</span></code></a> is false.</p>
<p>Note that when locals are captured, they are also shown in the traceback.</p>
<p><em>max_group_width</em> and <em>max_group_depth</em> control the formatting of exception
groups (see <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseExceptionGroup" title="BaseExceptionGroup"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">BaseExceptionGroup</span></code></a>). The depth refers to the nesting
level of the group, and the width refers to the size of a single exception
group’s exceptions array. The formatted output is truncated when either
limit is exceeded.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.10: </span>Added the <em>compact</em> parameter.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.11: </span>Added the <em>max_group_width</em> and <em>max_group_depth</em> parameters.</p>
</div>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.__cause__">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__cause__</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.__cause__" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TracebackException</span></code> of the original
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException.__cause__" title="BaseException.__cause__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__cause__</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.__context__">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__context__</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.__context__" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TracebackException</span></code> of the original
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException.__context__" title="BaseException.__context__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__context__</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.exceptions">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">exceptions</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.exceptions" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">self</span></code> represents an <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ExceptionGroup" title="ExceptionGroup"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ExceptionGroup</span></code></a>, this field holds a list of
<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TracebackException</span></code> instances representing the nested exceptions.
Otherwise it is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.11.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.__suppress_context__">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__suppress_context__</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.__suppress_context__" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException.__suppress_context__" title="BaseException.__suppress_context__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__suppress_context__</span></code></a> value from the original
exception.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.__notes__">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__notes__</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.__notes__" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException.__notes__" title="BaseException.__notes__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__notes__</span></code></a> value from the original exception,
or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>
if the exception does not have any notes. If it is not <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>
is it formatted in the traceback after the exception string.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.11.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.stack">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">stack</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.stack" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.StackSummary" title="traceback.StackSummary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary</span></code></a> representing the traceback.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.exc_type">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">exc_type</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.exc_type" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The class of the original traceback.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.filename">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">filename</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.filename" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>For syntax errors - the file name where the error occurred.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.lineno">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">lineno</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.lineno" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>For syntax errors - the line number where the error occurred.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.end_lineno">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">end_lineno</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.end_lineno" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>For syntax errors - the end line number where the error occurred.
Can be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> if not present.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.10.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.text">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">text</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.text" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>For syntax errors - the text where the error occurred.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.offset">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">offset</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.offset" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>For syntax errors - the offset into the text where the error occurred.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.end_offset">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">end_offset</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.end_offset" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>For syntax errors - the end offset into the text where the error occurred.
Can be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> if not present.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.10.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.msg">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">msg</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.msg" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>For syntax errors - the compiler error message.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.from_exception">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">classmethod</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">from_exception</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">lookup_lines</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">capture_locals</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.from_exception" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Capture an exception for later rendering. <em>limit</em>, <em>lookup_lines</em> and
<em>capture_locals</em> are as for the <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.StackSummary" title="traceback.StackSummary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary</span></code></a> class.</p>
<p>Note that when locals are captured, they are also shown in the traceback.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.print">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">print</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">chain</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.print" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Print to <em>file</em> (default <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.stderr</span></code>) the exception information returned by
<a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#format" title="format"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">format()</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.11.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.format">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">format</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">chain</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.format" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Format the exception.</p>
<p>If <em>chain</em> is not <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>, <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.TracebackException.__cause__" title="traceback.TracebackException.__cause__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__cause__</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.TracebackException.__context__" title="traceback.TracebackException.__context__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__context__</span></code></a>
will not be formatted.</p>
<p>The return value is a generator of strings, each ending in a newline and
some containing internal newlines. <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.print_exception" title="traceback.print_exception"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">print_exception()</span></code></a>
is a wrapper around this method which just prints the lines to a file.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.TracebackException.format_exception_only">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">format_exception_only</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.TracebackException.format_exception_only" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Format the exception part of the traceback.</p>
<p>The return value is a generator of strings, each ending in a newline.</p>
<p>The generator emits the exception’s message followed by its notes
(if it has any). The exception message is normally a single string;
however, for <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#SyntaxError" title="SyntaxError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SyntaxError</span></code></a> exceptions, it consists of several
lines that (when printed) display detailed information about where
the syntax error occurred.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.11: </span>The exception’s <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#BaseException.__notes__" title="BaseException.__notes__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">notes</span></code></a> are now
included in the output.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="stacksummary-objects">
<h2><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary</span></code> Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#stacksummary-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.5.</span></p>
</div>
<p><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary</span></code> objects represent a call stack ready for formatting.</p>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.StackSummary">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">StackSummary</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.StackSummary" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.StackSummary.extract">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">classmethod</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">extract</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">frame_gen</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">limit</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">lookup_lines</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">capture_locals</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.StackSummary.extract" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Construct a <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary</span></code> object from a frame generator (such as
is returned by <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.walk_stack" title="traceback.walk_stack"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">walk_stack()</span></code></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.walk_tb" title="traceback.walk_tb"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">walk_tb()</span></code></a>).</p>
<p>If <em>limit</em> is supplied, only this many frames are taken from <em>frame_gen</em>.
If <em>lookup_lines</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>, the returned <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary" title="traceback.FrameSummary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></code></a>
objects will not have read their lines in yet, making the cost of
creating the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary</span></code> cheaper (which may be valuable if it
may not actually get formatted). If <em>capture_locals</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> the
local variables in each <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></code> are captured as object
representations.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.12: </span>Exceptions raised from <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#repr" title="repr"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">repr()</span></code></a> on a local variable (when
<em>capture_locals</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>) are no longer propagated to the caller.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.StackSummary.from_list">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">classmethod</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">from_list</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">a_list</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.StackSummary.from_list" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Construct a <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary</span></code> object from a supplied list of
<a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary" title="traceback.FrameSummary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></code></a> objects or old-style list of tuples.  Each tuple
should be a 4-tuple with <em>filename</em>, <em>lineno</em>, <em>name</em>, <em>line</em> as the
elements.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.StackSummary.format">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">format</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.StackSummary.format" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a list of strings ready for printing.  Each string in the
resulting list corresponds to a single <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame-objects"><span class="std std-ref">frame</span></a> from
the stack.
Each string ends in a newline; the strings may contain internal
newlines as well, for those items with source text lines.</p>
<p>For long sequences of the same frame and line, the first few
repetitions are shown, followed by a summary line stating the exact
number of further repetitions.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Long sequences of repeated frames are now abbreviated.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.StackSummary.format_frame_summary">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">format_frame_summary</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">frame_summary</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.StackSummary.format_frame_summary" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a string for printing one of the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame-objects"><span class="std std-ref">frames</span></a>
involved in the stack.
This method is called for each <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary" title="traceback.FrameSummary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></code></a> object to be
printed by <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.StackSummary.format" title="traceback.StackSummary.format"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StackSummary.format()</span></code></a>. If it returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, the
frame is omitted from the output.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.11.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="framesummary-objects">
<h2><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></code> Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#framesummary-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.5.</span></p>
</div>
<p>A <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></code> object represents a single <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame-objects"><span class="std std-ref">frame</span></a>
in a <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#traceback-objects"><span class="std std-ref">traceback</span></a>.</p>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.FrameSummary">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">traceback.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">filename</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">lineno</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">name</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">lookup_line</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">locals</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">line</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.FrameSummary" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Represents a single <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame-objects"><span class="std std-ref">frame</span></a> in the
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#traceback-objects"><span class="std std-ref">traceback</span></a> or stack that is being formatted
or printed. It may optionally have a stringified version of the frame’s
locals included in it. If <em>lookup_line</em> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>, the source code is not
looked up until the <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></code> has the <a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary.line" title="traceback.FrameSummary.line"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">line</span></code></a>
attribute accessed (which also happens when casting it to a <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#tuple" title="tuple"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tuple</span></code></a>).
<a class="reference internal" href="#traceback.FrameSummary.line" title="traceback.FrameSummary.line"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">line</span></code></a> may be directly provided, and will prevent line
lookups happening at all. <em>locals</em> is an optional local variable
dictionary, and if supplied the variable representations are stored in the
summary for later display.</p>
<p><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FrameSummary</span></code> instances have the following attributes:</p>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.FrameSummary.filename">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">filename</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.FrameSummary.filename" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The filename of the source code for this frame. Equivalent to accessing
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#codeobject.co_filename" title="codeobject.co_filename"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">f.f_code.co_filename</span></code></a> on a
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame-objects"><span class="std std-ref">frame object</span></a> <em>f</em>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.FrameSummary.lineno">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">lineno</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.FrameSummary.lineno" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The line number of the source code for this frame.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.FrameSummary.name">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">name</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.FrameSummary.name" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Equivalent to accessing <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#codeobject.co_name" title="codeobject.co_name"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">f.f_code.co_name</span></code></a> on
a <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#frame-objects"><span class="std std-ref">frame object</span></a> <em>f</em>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="traceback.FrameSummary.line">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">line</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#traceback.FrameSummary.line" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A string representing the source code for this frame, with leading and
trailing whitespace stripped.
If the source is not available, it is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="traceback-examples">
<span id="traceback-example"></span><h2>Traceback Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#traceback-examples" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>This simple example implements a basic read-eval-print loop, similar to (but
less useful than) the standard Python interactive interpreter loop.  For a more
complete implementation of the interpreter loop, refer to the <a class="reference internal" href="code.html#module-code" title="code: Facilities to implement read-eval-print loops."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">code</span></code></a>
module.</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">sys</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nn">traceback</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">run_user_code</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">envdir</span><span class="p">):</span>
    <span class="n">source</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">input</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">">>> "</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="n">exec</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">source</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">envdir</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="k">except</span> <span class="ne">Exception</span><span class="p">:</span>
        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Exception in user code:"</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"-"</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="mi">60</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">print_exc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span><span class="p">)</span>
        <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"-"</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="mi">60</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">envdir</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{}</span>
<span class="k">while</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="n">run_user_code</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">envdir</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The following example demonstrates the different ways to print and format the
exception and traceback:</p>
<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">sys</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nn">traceback</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">lumberjack</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="n">bright_side_of_life</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">bright_side_of_life</span><span class="p">():</span>
    <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nb">tuple</span><span class="p">()[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="n">lumberjack</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="k">except</span> <span class="ne">IndexError</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="n">exc</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exception</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"*** print_tb:"</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">print_tb</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">exc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__traceback__</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">limit</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">file</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"*** print_exception:"</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">print_exception</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">exc</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">limit</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">file</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"*** print_exc:"</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">print_exc</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">limit</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">file</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">stdout</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"*** format_exc, first and last line:"</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="n">formatted_lines</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format_exc</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">splitlines</span><span class="p">()</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">formatted_lines</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">])</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">formatted_lines</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">])</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"*** format_exception:"</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format_exception</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">exc</span><span class="p">)))</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"*** extract_tb:"</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">extract_tb</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">exc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__traceback__</span><span class="p">)))</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"*** format_tb:"</span><span class="p">)</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format_tb</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">exc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__traceback__</span><span class="p">)))</span>
    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"*** tb_lineno:"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">exc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__traceback__</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">tb_lineno</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>The output for the example would look similar to this:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>*** print_tb:
  File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>
    lumberjack()
*** print_exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>
    lumberjack()
  File "<doctest...>", line 4, in lumberjack
    bright_side_of_life()
IndexError: tuple index out of range
*** print_exc:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<doctest...>", line 10, in <module>
    lumberjack()
  File "<doctest...>", line 4, in lumberjack
    bright_side_of_life()
IndexError: tuple index out of range
*** format_exc, first and last line:
Traceback (most recent call last):
IndexError: tuple index out of range
*** format_exception:
['Traceback (most recent call last):\n',
 '  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 10, in <module>\n    lumberjack()\n',
 '  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 4, in lumberjack\n    bright_side_of_life()\n',
 '  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 7, in bright_side_of_life\n    return tuple()[0]\n           ~~~~~~~^^^\n',
 'IndexError: tuple index out of range\n']
*** extract_tb:
[<FrameSummary file <doctest...>, line 10 in <module>>,
 <FrameSummary file <doctest...>, line 4 in lumberjack>,
 <FrameSummary file <doctest...>, line 7 in bright_side_of_life>]
*** format_tb:
['  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 10, in <module>\n    lumberjack()\n',
 '  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 4, in lumberjack\n    bright_side_of_life()\n',
 '  File "<doctest default[0]>", line 7, in bright_side_of_life\n    return tuple()[0]\n           ~~~~~~~^^^\n']
*** tb_lineno: 10
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<p>The following example shows the different ways to print and format the stack:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">traceback</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">another_function</span><span class="p">():</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="n">lumberstack</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">...</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">lumberstack</span><span class="p">():</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">print_stack</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">extract_stack</span><span class="p">()))</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>    <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">repr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format_stack</span><span class="p">()))</span>
<span class="gp">...</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">another_function</span><span class="p">()</span>
  File <span class="nb">"<doctest>"</span>, line <span class="m">10</span>, in <span class="n"><module></span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="n">another_function</span><span class="p">()</span>
  File <span class="nb">"<doctest>"</span>, line <span class="m">3</span>, in <span class="n">another_function</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="n">lumberstack</span><span class="p">()</span>
  File <span class="nb">"<doctest>"</span>, line <span class="m">6</span>, in <span class="n">lumberstack</span>
<span class="w">    </span><span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">print_stack</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="x">[('<doctest>', 10, '<module>', 'another_function()'),</span>
<span class="x"> ('<doctest>', 3, 'another_function', 'lumberstack()'),</span>
<span class="x"> ('<doctest>', 7, 'lumberstack', 'print(repr(traceback.extract_stack()))')]</span>
<span class="x">['  File "<doctest>", line 10, in <module>\n    another_function()\n',</span>
<span class="x"> '  File "<doctest>", line 3, in another_function\n    lumberstack()\n',</span>
<span class="x"> '  File "<doctest>", line 8, in lumberstack\n    print(repr(traceback.format_stack()))\n']</span>
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<p>This last example demonstrates the final few formatting functions:</p>
<div class="highlight-pycon notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">traceback</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format_list</span><span class="p">([(</span><span class="s1">'spam.py'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'<module>'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'spam.eggs()'</span><span class="p">),</span>
<span class="gp">... </span>                       <span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'eggs.py'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">42</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'eggs'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'return "bacon"'</span><span class="p">)])</span>
<span class="go">['  File "spam.py", line 3, in <module>\n    spam.eggs()\n',</span>
<span class="go"> '  File "eggs.py", line 42, in eggs\n    return "bacon"\n']</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">an_error</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="ne">IndexError</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'tuple index out of range'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">traceback</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format_exception_only</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">type</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">an_error</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">an_error</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">['IndexError: tuple index out of range\n']</span>
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