Example Code Doesn't Work With "ZeroDivisionError"

Question

I'm sure in the next video he explains a better method.  But I tried to handle the ZeroDivisionError if someone enters a "0" for the second input.  My code is below and doesn't work.  It still displays the ZeroDvisionError and won't print my statement.  
import math
def splitcheck(total, numberofpeople):
    return math.ceil(total / numberof_people)
try:
    totaldue = float(input("What is the total?:  "))
    numberofpeople = int(input("How many people?:  "))
except ValueError:
    print("Oh no!  That's not a valid value.  Try again...")
except ZeroDivisionError:
    print("Oh no!  You can't have a $0 bill.  Please enter a different amount... ")
else:
    amountdue = splitcheck(totaldue, numberofpeople)
    print("Each person owes ${}".format(amount_due))

Phil Livermore · Accepted Answer

You need the try on the calculation only and not the input values etc. Also having a $0 value does not throw a value error as it is not an error to divide 0 by something, only to divide something by 0. Something like this will work and propbably helps you understand as it is closer to your code but there are probably tidyer ways to do it but you will learn that as you progress.
```python
import math
def splitcheck(total, numberofpeople):
    return math.ceil(total / numberof_people)
totaldue = float(input("What is the total?: "))
numberofpeople = int(input("How many people?: "))
try:
    amountdue = splitcheck(totaldue, numberofpeople)
    if totaldue > 0.0:
        print("Each person owes ${}".format(amountdue))
    else:
        print("Oh no! You can't have a $0 bill. Please enter a different amount... ")
except ZeroDivisionError:
    print("Oh no! You can't have 0 people")
```

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Example Code Doesn't Work With "ZeroDivisionError"

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Phil Livermore

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