[Tutor] wait command

[Andrei Kulakov]

On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 04:38:16PM -0400, Watt III, Glenn wrote:
> this is probobly a stupid question but is there a command to wait for a
> condition like
> when condition:
> 	action
> or something that would do the same thing but a diffrent manner i would
> appreciate any help thanks

if condition:
  action

does that, but it won't wait - it'll either do it or skip if condition
is false. You can however do this:

while 1:
    if condition:
	action
	break
    time.sleep(1)


 - Andrei

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