[Tutor] While and for loops

[wesley chun]

>> So how would you break out from this situation?
>
> finished = False
> while not finished:
>     <do something>
>     for i in items:
>         if i > 10:
>             finished = True  # Do not do the next while-iteration
>             break            # and break out of the for loop
>         else:
>             <do something>


this solution is workable as well, plus it avoids having 2 break
statements in the code. it "breaks" out of the while-loop in a natural
way, making its conditional False.

-- wesley
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