Debashish Saha wrote:
> for i in range(1, 8):
> print(i)
> if i==3:
> break
> else:
> print('The for loop is over')
> Output:
> 1
> 2
> 3
>
> Question:
>
> but after breaking the for loop why the else loop could not work?
The else suite is not invoked because that's the way Guido intended it ;)
It was designed for sitiuations like the following:
for beast in animals:
if is_it_a_cat(beast):
print("There's a cat among those animals")
break
else:
print("Sorry, there aren't any cats")
print("I've been looking for a cat") # you don't need an else for that
i. e. it's only invoked if the loop terminates normally (no break, and of
course no return or exception).
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