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Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt

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On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:34:02 +0100, René Kla?an <rene.klacan@gmail.com>
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> it seems that lot of you are forgeting about this case:
> 
> for i in [1,2,3,4,5]:
>     print i
> else:
>     print('this will be printed also because cycle wasnt broke')
> 
> so the one case when else branch is executed is when condition is not
> satisfied and the other case is when there is no break executed during the
> cycle
>

	The short summary is that the "else:" is performed ANY TIME the loop
exits normally... Only an internal "break" will skip the "else:".
-- 
	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
        wlfraed@ix.netcom.com    HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/

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  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 15:52 +1100
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    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 22:00 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-21 08:04 +0000
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 05:54 +0100
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:57 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 06:06 +0100
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 06:07 +0100
        Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2013-01-22 16:39 +0100
          Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 02:42 +1100
            Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2013-01-22 16:48 +0100
              Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 03:07 +1100
              Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-22 23:22 +0000
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt René Klačan <rene.klacan@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 01:34 +0100
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-01-22 22:11 -0500
              Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-22 17:28 -0800
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2013-01-23 12:22 +0100
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-01-23 15:35 +0200
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2013-01-23 09:53 -0500
                Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Frank Millman <frank@chagford.com> - 2013-01-25 10:15 +0200
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            Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-01-22 15:52 +0000
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 20:57 -0800
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      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-21 01:09 -0500
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      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 21:46 -0800
  Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-01-20 21:56 -0800
    Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt eli m <techgeek201@gmail.com> - 2013-01-21 07:37 -0800
      Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-22 05:44 +1100

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