Loop until condition is true

[Tim Williams]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Remi Villatel" <maxilys at SPAMCOP_tele2.fr>


> There is always a "nice" way to do things in Python but this time I can't
> find one.

> So far, all I got is:
>
> while True:
> some(code)
> if final_condition is True:
> break
> #
> #
>
> What I don't find so "nice" is to have to build an infinite loop only to
> break it.

If your final_condition is already defined outside the "while" then how
about

while not final_condition:
    some(code)

Simplistically, this equates to

>>> x = 0
>>> while not x == 5:
...  x += 1
...
>>> print x
5

:)