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author | Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> | 2024-09-27 10:17:25 (GMT) |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-09-27 10:17:25 (GMT) |
commit | 5329d1b74a86b3a22ff36f7976bfe720ee06d10d (patch) | |
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Docs: for for/else clarify that return or raise also skip the else (#124591)
Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index c97c65f..fd765e5 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst @@ -209,8 +209,10 @@ after the loop finishes its final iteration, that is, if no break occurred. In a :keyword:`while` loop, it's executed after the loop's condition becomes false. -In either kind of loop, the :keyword:`!else` clause is **not** executed -if the loop was terminated by a :keyword:`break`. +In either kind of loop, the :keyword:`!else` clause is **not** executed if the +loop was terminated by a :keyword:`break`. Of course, other ways of ending the +loop early, such as a :keyword:`return` or a raised exception, will also skip +execution of the :keyword:`else` clause. This is exemplified in the following :keyword:`!for` loop, which searches for prime numbers:: |