Re: Noob: Loops and the 'else' construct

2007-10-20 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
MRAB schrieb: > On Oct 19, 4:11 am, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> En Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:44:27 -0300, Ixiaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> escribió: >> >>> I have just come across a site that discusses Python's 'for' and >>> 'while' loops as having an (optional) 'else' structure. >>>

Re: Noob: Loops and the 'else' construct

2007-10-20 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Dustan (Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:39:04 -) > On Oct 19, 3:12 am, Thorsten Kampe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So a for/else loop is exactly the same thing as a for loop with the > > else clause outside the loop (except for "break")? > > Am I missing something here? It sounds to me like you just d

Re: Noob: Loops and the 'else' construct

2007-10-19 Thread MRAB
On Oct 19, 4:11 am, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > En Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:44:27 -0300, Ixiaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escribió: > > > I have just come across a site that discusses Python's 'for' and > > 'while' loops as having an (optional) 'else' structure. > > > At first glance I

Re: Noob: Loops and the 'else' construct

2007-10-19 Thread Paul Boddie
On 19 Okt, 13:39, Dustan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 19, 3:12 am, Thorsten Kampe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So a for/else loop is exactly the same thing as a for loop with the > > else clause outside the loop (except for "break")? > > Am I missing something here? It sounds to me like

Re: Noob: Loops and the 'else' construct

2007-10-19 Thread Dustan
On Oct 19, 3:12 am, Thorsten Kampe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So a for/else loop is exactly the same thing as a for loop with the > else clause outside the loop (except for "break")? Am I missing something here? It sounds to me like you just described two identical constructs. > Guess that's wh

Re: Noob: Loops and the 'else' construct

2007-10-19 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Gabriel Genellina (Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:11:18 -0300) > En Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:44:27 -0300, Ixiaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escribió: > > I have just come across a site that discusses Python's 'for' and > > 'while' loops as having an (optional) 'else' structure. > > > > At first glance I interpreted

Re: Noob: Loops and the 'else' construct

2007-10-18 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:44:27 -0300, Ixiaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I have just come across a site that discusses Python's 'for' and > 'while' loops as having an (optional) 'else' structure. > > At first glance I interpreted it as being a bit like the 'default' > structure in PHP's switch

Noob: Loops and the 'else' construct

2007-10-18 Thread Ixiaus
I have just come across a site that discusses Python's 'for' and 'while' loops as having an (optional) 'else' structure. At first glance I interpreted it as being a bit like the 'default' structure in PHP's switch block... But the switch block isn't a loop, so, I am now confused as to the reason f

Noob: Loops and the 'else' construct

2007-10-18 Thread Ixiaus
I have just come across a site that discusses Python's 'for' and 'while' loops as having an (optional) 'else' structure. At first glance I interpreted it as being a bit like the 'default' structure in PHP's switch block... But the switch block isn't a loop, so, I am now confused as to the reason f