On 08/02/12 19:04, Patrick Dempster wrote:
I might be missing something but I can't see a reason for the "else:" clause attached to the "for" statement, could anyone provide an example where or why someone might use the "else:" clause with the for loop?
There have been a couple of sample cases given already but here is an example of what you would need to do without it.
broken_loop = False for item in collection: process(item) if condition: broken_loop = True break if not broken_loop: do_the_else_part() do_this_regardless() It's not a huge pain but this is easier: for item in collection: process(item) if condition: break else: do_the_else_part() do_this_regardless() HTH, -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor