Two more solutions:
#ugly:
x,y = 0,0
while 2^x*3^y != 12 and x < 10:
y = 0
x = x + 1
while 2^x*3^y != 12 and y < 10:
y = y + 1
#short:
for x,y in CartesianProduct(range(10),range(10)):
if 2^x*3^y==12:
break
-Marshall Hampton
On Jul 23, 4:31 am, mac8090 <bonzerpot...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> How does one break from a double for loop, or a loop of two variables?
> for example:
>
> for x in range(10):
> for y in range(10):
> if 2^x*3^y==12:
> break
>
> (x,y)
>
> I want this to return (2,1) rather than (9,1). This is just a
> simplified example, but that is the approximate situation.
>
> Any ideas?
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