[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #15630: Add an example for "continue" statement in the tutorial. Patch by
senthil.kumaran
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Aug 12 21:15:43 CEST 2012
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a4d5ac78a76b
changeset: 78536:a4d5ac78a76b
branch: 2.7
user: Senthil Kumaran <senthil at uthcode.com>
date: Sun Aug 12 11:58:53 2012 -0700
summary:
Issue #15630: Add an example for "continue" statement in the tutorial. Patch by
Daniel Ellis.
files:
Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
Misc/NEWS | 3 +++
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
--- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@
The :keyword:`break` statement, like in C, breaks out of the smallest enclosing
:keyword:`for` or :keyword:`while` loop.
-The :keyword:`continue` statement, also borrowed from C, continues with the next
-iteration of the loop.
-
Loop statements may have an ``else`` clause; it is executed when the loop
terminates through exhaustion of the list (with :keyword:`for`) or when the
condition becomes false (with :keyword:`while`), but not when the loop is
@@ -166,6 +163,22 @@
occurs. For more on the :keyword:`try` statement and exceptions, see
:ref:`tut-handling`.
+The :keyword:`continue` statement, also borrowed from C, continues with the next
+iteration of the loop::
+
+ >>> for num in range(2, 10):
+ ... if x % 2 == 0:
+ ... print("Found an even number", num)
+ ... continue
+ ... print("Found a number", num)
+ Found an even number 2
+ Found a number 3
+ Found an even number 4
+ Found a number 5
+ Found an even number 6
+ Found a number 7
+ Found an even number 8
+ Found a number 9
.. _tut-pass:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@
Documentation
-------------
+- Issue #15630: Add an example for "continue" stmt in the tutorial. Patch by
+ Daniel Ellis.
+
- Issue #13557: Clarify effect of giving two different namespaces to exec or
execfile().
--
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