Good python equivalent to C goto

Paul Hankin paul.hankin at gmail.com
Sun Aug 17 16:04:25 EDT 2008


On Aug 16, 11:20 pm, Kurien Mathew <kmat... at envivio.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Any suggestions on a good python equivalent for the following C code:
>
> while (loopCondition)
> {
>         if (condition1)
>                 goto next;
>         if (condition2)
>                 goto next;
>         if (condition3)
>                 goto next;
>         stmt1;
>         stmt2;
> next:
>         stmt3;
>         stmt4;
>   }

Extract complex test as a function. Assuming conditions 1, 2 and 3 are
difficult enough not to put them all one one line, put them in a
function which describes what they're testing.

def should_do_12(args):
    if condition1:
        return False
    if condition2:
        return False
    if condition3:
        return False
    return True

while loop_condition:
    if should_do_12(args):
        stmt1
        stmt2
    stmt3
    stmt4

This is probably the right way to write it in C too.

--
Paul Hankin



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