max wrote: > David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > >>range statements, the example doesn't work. >> >>Given that the beginning and ending values for the inner range >>statement are the same, the inner range statement will never be > > > Is your question about the semantics of for else blocks or about the > suitability of the algorithm given in the example? The for else block > is behaving exactly as expected... > >
Good question. The question was directed at the latter, the suitability of algorithm for determining prime numbers. >>>>range(1,1) > > [] > >>>>range(500,500) > > [] > > > see > http://groups- > beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/d6c084e791a00 > 2f4?q=for+else&hl=en& > > for a good explanation of when the else part of the loop is executed. > Basically, whenever the loop is exited normally, which is what happens > when you iterate over an empty list like the one returned by > range(1,1) > > > max > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
