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| author | regexaurus <regexaurus@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-06-27 22:40:41 (GMT) |
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| committer | Mariatta <Mariatta@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-06-27 22:40:41 (GMT) |
| commit | 36fc896740319d2c03aa2054a90a999c162517ef (patch) | |
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Clarification to the `break` statement (GH-2453)
Clarify that the break statement breaks out of the innermost enclosing for or while loop.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index 54171bc..36b0939 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 |