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Drill 24: Explain each line — Testing with pytest

Explain what each line of the example does.

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  • Explain what each line of the example does.

Practice task

Explain what each line of the example does.

test_math.pyPython
import pytest

def safe_divide(a, b):
    if b == 0:
        raise ValueError("Cannot divide by zero")
    return a / b

def test_safe_divide():
    assert safe_divide(10, 2) == 5

def test_zero_division():
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        safe_divide(1, 0)
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