[Tutor] /tutorial/controlflow.html "break statement"

[Flynn, Stephen (L & P - IT)]

> The script studied was :
> 
> for n in range(2, 10):
>      for x in range(2, n):
>          if n % x == 0:
>              print(n, 'equals', x, '*', n//x)
>              break
>      else:
>          print(n, 'is a prime number')

The code above is not what you ran below, in idle. Look at the
indentation of the else: line, which completely alters the execution
flow of the code. It should be aligned with a the inner "for" and you
have it aligned with the inner "if".

> Here is the result given in IDLE3 on my Presario CQ61:
> 
>  >>> for n in range(2,10):
>      for x in range(2, n):
>          if n % x == 0:
>              print(n, '=',x,'*',n//x)
>              break
>          else:
>              # loop fell through without finding a factor
>              print(n, 'is a prime number')


Make the change and you'll get the output you were expecting.




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