[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Am trying to convert a C program with a GOTO in it to Python and was
> wondering
> how many loops a Python "break" jumps out of. Here is the C pseudo code
>
> if (test_1) {
> for (;;) {
> if (test_2) {
> do_stuff();
> } else if (test_2) {
> for (ip=m1+m2+1;ip<=m;ip++) {
> if (test_3) {
> do_more_stuff();
> if (test_4)
> goto one;
> }
> }
> for (i=m1+1;i<=m1+m2;i++)
> do_even_more_stuff();
>
> do_yet_more_stuff();
> }
>
> do_final_stuff();
>
> one: continue_program();
I'd put this code in a function, replace the goto one with return, and
put a call to the function in place of the code.
def tests():
if test_1:
etc etc
if test_4: return
Some may take issue with that. You can, as Alan says, restructure the
code, or use intermediate variables.
--
Bob Gailer
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