Gilles Ganault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>As a newbie, it's pretty likely that there's a smarter way to do this,
>so I'd like to check with the experts:
>
>I need to try calling a function 5 times. If successful, move on; If
>not, print an error message, and exit the program:
>
>=====
>success = None
>
>for i in range(5):
> #Try to fetch public IP
> success = CheckIP()
> if success:
> break
>
>if not success:
> print "Exiting."
> sys.exit()
>=====
for i in range(5):
if CheckIP():
break
else:
print "Exiting."
sys.exit()
Note very carefully that the "else" goes with the "for" and not the "if".
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