no side effects

[Michele Simionato]

"Bo M. Maryniuck" wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 08 January 2003 15:10, Michele Simionato wrote:
> > I was surprised by the following code:
> > >>> for i in [1,2,3]:
> > ...     print i,
> > ...     i=3
> > I would have expected only 1 to be printed,
> Wrong.
> 
> > but instead Python continues the loop
> Yes.
> 
> > Maybe others will appreciate that.
> Probably you want this:
> >>> for i in [1, 2, 3]:
> ...     print i
> ...     if i == 1:break
> ...
> 1
> 
> --
> Regards, Bogdan
> 
> Professionalism has no place in art, and hacking is art.  Software Engineering
> might be science; but that's not what I do.  I'm a hacker, not an engineer.
>                 -- jwz
No, I *know* the break statement. It was just an example of the
wonders of Python.
Regards, 

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