The use of :

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Thu Nov 25 23:15:37 EST 2004


Chang LI wrote:

> Some statements use : in the tail such as while x > 0: and def func():
> What is the meaning and the usage of : in Python?

It means something else follows in an indented block as part of the same 
statement.

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