Question

“Every syntax error is an exception but every exception

cannot be a syntax error.” Justify the statement. please no fun ​

Answer 1

Every syntax error is an exception but every exception cannot be a syntax error.

Let's first understand what an exception is.

An exception occurs when a program is running and it encounters an error, or in other words, is unable to proceed. These exceptions include syntax errors, value errors, name errors, zero division errors, etc. When any of these errors are encountered, the interpreter returns an exception stating the kind of error.

As mentioned earlier, exceptions include a lot of errors, ranging from syntax errors, to value errors, to name errors, and so on. So it's fair to say that if ever an interpreter comes across any kind of error, a syntax error in this question's case, it would throw an exception.

But not all exceptions can be syntax errors. Syntax errors occur when there is a mistake in the syntax/format of a co‎de/keyword. This can occur due to mistyping, not knowing the format of certain commands, etc.

An exception can be raised if the interpreter comes across a name error [a variable that has not been declared yet/recognized] too. An exception can be raised if the interpreter comes across a value error [errors in interpreting the datatype] too.

Hence, every syntax error would throw an exception but not all exceptions are syntax errors.