breaking a loop

[Mosti El]

I think u need break before exit()
so if u want break from any loop just  add break

"el chupacabra" <nowayjose at noway.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I'm just learning Python....thanks in advance...
>
> Do you get out of this loop?
>
> Problem: When I type 'exit' (no quotes) the program doesn't quit the
loop...it actually attemps to find entries that containt the 'exit' string.
>
> Desired behavior: when I type 'exit' the program should quit.
>
> def search():
>     searchWhat = ""
>     while searchWhat != 'exit':
>         searchWhat = "%%%s%%" % raw_input ('Search for : ')
>         cursor.execute("select * from TABLE where FIELD like %s",
(searchWhat))
>         result = cursor.fetchall()
>         print
'+------------------------------------------------------------------+'
>         print '|  #   |        Name                           |
LastName      |'
>         print
'+------------------------------------------------------------------+'
>         for record in result:
>             print  '  ', record[0], ' :      ', record[1], ' ==>      ',
record[2]
>         print
'+------------------------------------------------------------------+'
> #end for statement, end of search
>
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