exit to interpreter?

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

On Mar 23, 12:52 pm, belinda thom <b... at cs.hmc.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a function that polls the user for keyboard input,
> looping until it has determined that the user has entered a valid
> string of characters, in which case it returns that string so it can
> be processed up the call stack. My problem is this. I'd also like it
> to handle a special string (e.g. 'quit'), in which case control
> should return to the Python command line as opposed to returning the
> string up the call stack.
>
> sys.exit seemed like a good choice, but it exits the python interpreter.
>
> I could use an exception for this purpose, but was wondering if
> there's a better way?
>
> --b

If you're using a function, wouldn't using the keyword "return" work?

Mike