From 36fc896740319d2c03aa2054a90a999c162517ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: regexaurus Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:40:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clarification to the `break` statement (GH-2453) Clarify that the break statement breaks out of the innermost enclosing for or while loop. --- Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index 54171bc96f0..36b093950e1 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Later we will see more functions that return iterables and take iterables as arg :keyword:`break` and :keyword:`continue` Statements, and :keyword:`else` Clauses on Loops ========================================================================================= -The :keyword:`break` statement, like in C, breaks out of the smallest enclosing +The :keyword:`break` statement, like in C, breaks out of the innermost enclosing :keyword:`for` or :keyword:`while` loop. Loop statements may have an ``else`` clause; it is executed when the loop