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| author | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2012-08-12 11:58:53 -0700 |
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| committer | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> | 2012-08-12 11:58:53 -0700 |
| commit | 2f76f73d7326496b7fff114fd478e764c13111f4 (patch) | |
| tree | b1986cfab308eb9a8bd02c1792baca7b1df3c5e0 | |
| parent | 614e44a0fa650751f7972bb7e38f00f5f7599871 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-2f76f73d7326496b7fff114fd478e764c13111f4.tar.gz | |
Issue #15630: Add an example for "continue" statement in the tutorial. Patch by
Daniel Ellis.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index 59b7fff196..0616613880 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst @@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ function, see :ref:`tut-loopidioms`. The :keyword:`break` statement, like in C, breaks out of the smallest enclosing :keyword:`for` or :keyword:`while` loop. -The :keyword:`continue` statement, also borrowed from C, continues with the next -iteration of the loop. - Loop statements may have an ``else`` clause; it is executed when the loop terminates through exhaustion of the list (with :keyword:`for`) or when the condition becomes false (with :keyword:`while`), but not when the loop is @@ -166,6 +163,22 @@ when no exception occurs, and a loop's ``else`` clause runs when no ``break`` occurs. For more on the :keyword:`try` statement and exceptions, see :ref:`tut-handling`. +The :keyword:`continue` statement, also borrowed from C, continues with the next +iteration of the loop:: + + >>> for num in range(2, 10): + ... if x % 2 == 0: + ... print("Found an even number", num) + ... continue + ... print("Found a number", num) + Found an even number 2 + Found a number 3 + Found an even number 4 + Found a number 5 + Found an even number 6 + Found a number 7 + Found an even number 8 + Found a number 9 .. _tut-pass: @@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ Build Documentation ------------- +- Issue #15630: Add an example for "continue" stmt in the tutorial. Patch by + Daniel Ellis. + - Issue #13557: Clarify effect of giving two different namespaces to exec or execfile(). |