On 2008-11-13, jzakiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm translating a program in Python that has this IF Then chain
>
>
> IF x1 < limit: --- do a ---
> IF x2 < limit: --- do b ---
> IF x3 < limit: --- do c ---
> .-----
> ------
> IF x10 < limt: --- do j ---
> THEN
> THEN
> -----
> THEN
> THEN
> THEN
The placement of the THEN statements makes absolutely no sense
in any language I've ever seen.
> In other words, as long as 'xi' is less than 'limit' keep going
> down the chain, and when 'xi' isn't less than 'limit' jump to end of
> chain a continue.
>
> Is this the equivalence in Python?
>
> IF x1 < limit:
> --- do a ---
> elif x2 < limit:
> --- do b ---
> ----
> ----
> elif x10 < limit:
> --- do j ---
No. That's not the same at all.
Here's one solution:
while True:
if x1 > limit: break
do a
if x2 > limit: break
do b
if x3 > limit: break
do c
...
if x10 > limit: break
do j
break
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