python "jump" or "goto" commands?

[Rainy]

On Wed, 30 May 2001 19:46:57 -0500, Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>     eric> I'd like to know if python has commands similar to "jump" or
>     eric> "goto".
> 
> People use try/except to break out of multiple levels of nesting.  For
> instance:
> 
>     class Label(Exception): pass
> 
>     try:
>         for i in range(100):
> 	    for j in range(100):
> 	        if i*j > 2500:
> 		    raise Label
>     except Label:
>         pass
> 

Or a function with a return statement.. that personally feels a cleaner to me.


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