do ... while loop

[Dan Schmidt]

Gerrit Holl <gerrit.holl at pobox.com> writes:

| Tim Peters:
|
| >     while 1:
| >         xxx
| >         yyy
| >         if not condition:
| >             break
| 
| Huh?
| Why don't use the following code:
| 
| while condition:
|     xxx
|     yyy
| 
| I don't understand the difference.

If the condition is false the first time, Tim's loop will execute once
and your loop will not execute any times.

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Dan Schmidt | http://www2.thecia.net/users/dfan/