🔒 Is it possible to put a 'try: except:' in a Variable?

[violet rose]

I am using pyautogui to detect a Button that shows up on Screen.
start_button = pyautogui.locateOnScreen('startButton.png, confidence=0.8)

it raises an exception if it's not found immediately, so if I want it to constantly check, I need to do this:

  if pyautogui.locateOnScreen('startButton.png', confidence=0.8) != None:
   print('HELLO WORLD')
 except pyautogui.ImageNotFoundException:
  pass```

How can I make it so the Variable example doesn't stop the code when the exception happens?
In context, I want to be able to do this:
``` if start_button != None:
   print('HELLO WORLD')```

[deep adder]

@violet rose

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[foggy halo]

wrap the thing around a function and return depending on what you ge

[midnight estuary]

i'm not sure i understand the question

do you mean you want to assign pyautogui.ImageNotFoundException to a variable so you can inspect it

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