do...while

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On 20-Jun-2002 Michael P. Soulier wrote:
>     Greetings.
> 
>     How do you people handle the lack of a do...while in Python? I find that
> at times, I must initialize variables for a loop with identical code to the
> loop, which feels like a waste to me. 
> 
> ie.
> 
>     line = filehandle.readline()
>     while len(line) > 5:
>         line = filehandle.readline()
> 
>     A do...while here would be nice. 
> 
>     Just curious. 
> 

while 1:
    line = filehandle.readline()
    if len(line) <= 5: break
    ....
    ....

is a typical way to implement it.