format_list

traceback

function (source)

format_list(extracted_list)

Format a list of tuples or FrameSummary objects for printing.

Given a list of tuples or FrameSummary objects as returned by
extract_tb() or extract_stack(), return a list of strings ready
for printing.

Each string in the resulting list corresponds to the item with the
same index in the argument list.  Each string ends in a newline;
the strings may contain internal newlines as well, for those items
whose source text line is not None.

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>>> import traceback
>>> traceback.format_list([('spam.py', 3, '<module>', 'spam.eggs()'),
...                        ('eggs.py', 42, 'eggs', 'return "bacon"')])
['  File "spam.py", line 3, in <module>\n    spam.eggs()\n',
 '  File "eggs.py", line 42, in eggs\n    return "bacon"\n']
>>> an_error = IndexError('tuple index out of range')
>>> traceback.format_exception_only(an_error)
['IndexError: tuple index out of range\n']

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