On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:44 AM, C Smith <illusiontechniq...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can test out a condition like this in IDLE like so: > while 6: > print "yes its true" > break > > > while 0: > print "yes its true" > break > > > while -1: > print "yes its true" > break > > > emptyList = [] > while emtpyList: > print "yes its true" > break > > This way you don't have to deal with an infinite loop. > It will print "yes its true" once, if it IS true and then "break" will > break you out of the loop.
That being said, if we're going to go through these contortions, we might as well use "if", right? :P The infinite loops in the examples above are a complete distraction from the main point, I think. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
