[Tutor] For loop with break & else

[Alan Gauld]

On 22/10/2020 08:21, Manprit Singh wrote:
> Dear sir ,
> 
> consider a problem where there is a for loop with break and else:
> 
> for i in range(2, y):
>     if cond:
>         break
> else :
>     do_something( )
> 
> in this pattern, let 's say if  y is a user input. and at a particular time
> the user inputs the value of y equals to 2 . At that time,  the "else"
> part  will be executed
> or not ?


Why not just ask the interpreter?

>>> def f(y):
	i = 0
	for i in range(2,y):
		if i > 10: break
	else: print('in else')
	return i

>>> f(2)
in else
0
>>>

Apparently the answer is yes.


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