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On 24/02/2013 04:20, Larry Hudson wrote:
> On 02/23/2013 03:46 PM, piterrr.dolinski@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
> <snip>
>> ... I have discovered today there is no do...while type loop. [Sigh]
>>
> No biggie.  This is easily simulated with:
>
> while True:
>      ...
>      if <exit condition>:
>          break
>
> Less easily simulated is the lack of a switch/case structure.  This has
> to be done with a less convenient extended if/elif/.../else structure.

Or a dict, there are umpteen recipes showing how to do this.

>
>> Peter
>>
>
>       -=- Larry -=-
>
-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence