Try adding all the functions into a list such as;

funcList = [dev.read1, dev.read2, dev.read3]

for func in funcList:
for dev in devs:
try:
func()
except:
print exception
remove dev from devs

Wes.

On 05/09/07, bambam <david@asdf.asdf> wrote:
> I have about 30 pages (10 * 3 pages each) of code like this
> (following). Can anyone suggest a more compact way to
> code the exception handling? If there is an exception, I need
> to continue the loop, and continue the list.
>
> Steve.
>
> -----------------------------------
> for dev in devs
> try:
> dev.read1()
> except
> print exception
> remove dev from devs
>
> for dev in devs
> try:
> dev.read2()
> except
> print exception
> remove dev from devs
>
> for dev in devs
> try:
> dev.read3()
> except
> print exception
> remove dev from devs
>
> etc.
>
>
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