When a code throws an exception, Python prints a stack trace. A stack trace is also known as stack traceback, traceback, or backtrace. The Python stack trace contains a lot of information that can assist in determining the cause of a problem. To become better Python programmers, we must first understand what information a Python stack trace gives.
To put it another way, a stack trace shows all the calls made before the function that threw an error. The most relevant information is always written on the final line of a stack trace because this is where the error is reported. All of the information in the thrown error is made up of function calls that can help us to locate and fix the error quickly.
The function calls made in our code just before the error are recorded in a stack trace report. When our application throws an exception, the stack trace is printed.
Let’s check the example below:
def printName(name, age):print("Hi, ",name)print("Are you",ag, " years old ?")printName("Marry",20)
The above stack trace contains a lot of information about what went wrong. It tells us about the type of error that has occured: NameError. This exception tells us we’ve referenced a variable that doesn’t exist. Here, ag is not defined. This exception generally tells us that a variable, function, or class has been referenced incorrectly.
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