Amaury Forgeot d'Arc wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > A very old thread: > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/2c5022e2b7f05525/1542d2041257c47e?lnk=gst&q=for+else&rnum=9#1542d2041257c47e > > > > discusses the optional "else:" clause of the for statement. > > > > I'm wondering if anyone has ever found a practical use for the else > > branch? > > > > I use it regularly in contructs like: > > for value in someList: > if someCondition(value): > print "a matching item was found" > break > else: > print "no matching item" > return False > > # ... continue with value
Me too... Same with while loops. Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > > -- > Amaury -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
