Gilles Ganault wrote:
> Hello
>
> As a newbie, it's pretty likely that there's a smarter way to do this,
> so I'd like to check with the experts:
>
> I need to try calling a function 5 times. If successful, move on; If
> not, print an error message, and exit the program:
>
> =====
> success = None
>
> for i in range(5):
> #Try to fetch public IP
> success = CheckIP()
> if success:
> break
>
> if not success:
> print "Exiting."
> sys.exit()
Use the for statement's "else" clause: it's there to allow you to
specify code to be executed only when the loop terminates normally.
for i in range(5):
if CheckIP():
break
else:
sys.exit("Could not verify IP address")
... remainder of program ...
regards
Steve
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