On May 22, 11:58 am, Mike Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 22, 1:38 pm, Geoldr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On May 22, 10:07 am, Mike Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On May 22, 10:59 am, Geoldr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello all, I have written a simple program, and at the end of it, > > > > instead of it closing I would like it to restart from the beggining. > > > > Is there a way to do this? Put my code into a class function, or > > > > something? > > > > I guess I could do a while loop, but I think if there is a way to run > > > > my code if it's in a class would be an easier option. I can't seem to > > > > find many guides online but maybe I have not been looking in the right > > > > places. > > > > > Anybody have any ideas? > > > > Putting your code in a function or class is probably the way to go. > > > When I was doing C++, we'd just use a while loop for simple stuff, > > > though. > > > > It really shouldn't be all that hard to tell the code to call up the > > > beginning of the program again. > > > > Mike > > > That's what I am trying to figure out, but it doesn't seem to work. Do > > you have any example code of classes/functions that work for you? > > No...but I through some concept code together that does the basics: > > <code> > > def repeater(): > > for i in range(10): > print i > > def main(): > ret = 'Y' > while 1: > if ret.upper() == 'Y': > repeater() > else: > print 'Program finished...goodbye!' > break > ret = raw_input('Do you want to continue? (Y/N)') > > if __name__ == '__main__': > main() > > </code> > > I found that using the while was the easiest to create on short > notice. You could probably do it with recursion too, but I'm not > especially good at that. > > Another idea is to have some kind of sentinel value that both > functions can access and use it somehow to tell whether or not to > repeat. > > Hope that helps you get going. > > Mike
Thank you, the "def" option works the best. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list