Stop python

[Dave LeBlanc]

How would this terminate the parsing of a Python program (as opposed
to execution)?

Dave LeBlanc

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:47:10 +0200, Steve Purcell
<stephen_purcell at yahoo.com> wrote:

>David V. wrote:
>> Is it possible to stop parsing python program at some point, for
>> example, like in shell script using ‘exit’?
>
>Yes,
>
>   import sys
>   sys.exit()
>
>Usually, though, you should instead structure your program into functions
>that call each other. The program would exit when the top-level
>function exits:
>
>
>   def main():                 # top-level function
>      do_something()           # another function
>      if not more_things_to_do():
>         return                # the program exits by returning from the
>                               # top-level function
>      do_more_things()
>
>   if __name__ == '__main__':  # if this file is run as a script
>      main()                   # start the top-level function
>
>
>-Steve
>
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