Issue #15630: Add an example for "continue" statement in the tutorial. Patch by

Daniel Ellis.
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Senthil Kumaran 2012-08-12 11:58:53 -07:00
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@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ function, see :ref:`tut-loopidioms`.
The :keyword:`break` statement, like in C, breaks out of the smallest enclosing
:keyword:`for` or :keyword:`while` loop.
The :keyword:`continue` statement, also borrowed from C, continues with the next
iteration of the loop.
Loop statements may have an ``else`` clause; it is executed when the loop
terminates through exhaustion of the list (with :keyword:`for`) or when the
condition becomes false (with :keyword:`while`), but not when the loop is
@ -166,6 +163,22 @@ when no exception occurs, and a loop's ``else`` clause runs when no ``break``
occurs. For more on the :keyword:`try` statement and exceptions, see
:ref:`tut-handling`.
The :keyword:`continue` statement, also borrowed from C, continues with the next
iteration of the loop::
>>> for num in range(2, 10):
... if x % 2 == 0:
... print("Found an even number", num)
... continue
... print("Found a number", num)
Found an even number 2
Found a number 3
Found an even number 4
Found a number 5
Found an even number 6
Found a number 7
Found an even number 8
Found a number 9
.. _tut-pass:

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@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ Build
Documentation
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- Issue #15630: Add an example for "continue" stmt in the tutorial. Patch by
Daniel Ellis.
- Issue #13557: Clarify effect of giving two different namespaces to exec or
execfile().