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#!/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/pythonw
"""still thinking in imperative"
"""
## obviously this is a bad construct.
Why is it "obvious"?
What is "this"? Are you referring to the function, to the mainline
program, or what?
## Can someone suggest a pythonesque way of doing this?
def getid():
response = raw_input('prompt')
if response not in [ "", "y", "Y", "yes"] :
getid() # ouch
print "continue working"
# do more stuff
# do more stuff
getid()
dosomething()
getid()
dosomethingelse()
## obviously this is a bad construct.
## Can someone give me a pythonesque way of doing this?
One improvement - response.lower().startswith("yes") will cover all your
cases.
You can collect functions in a sequence, then iterate over it. This
allows for easy expansion (when you decide to add another function).
funcs = (dosomething(), dosomethingelse())
for func in funcs:
getid()
func()
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