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For example, convert the string 'ZeroDivisionError' to the Python class ZeroDivisionError.

One obvious way of doing it is by using an if-else structure, but it is not feasible to do it for all the exceptions present in Python 3.

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  • Why would you need to do that? If you need the exception object, do not catch it, or rethrow it after cathing. Commented Mar 26, 2020 at 6:50
  • I need to extract the underlying Python exception thrown by a wrapped Exception class. Commented Mar 26, 2020 at 7:31
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