Other languages allow you to something like
Do
loop body
While conditions
This guarantees the loop runs at least once, and allows you to have user input determine the conditions inside the loop without having to initialize them first. Does Python support this type of loop?
Edit: I'm not looking for a work around. I went with
quitstr = self._search_loop()
while quitstr != 'y':
quitstr = self._search_loop()
I am only asking whether or not Python supports post-execution loop evaluation
I am not sure what you are trying to do.But You can implement a do-while loop like this:
while True:
loop body
if break_condition:
break
or
loop body
while not break_condition:
loop body
An option for this situation is to set the while loop to True and do the condition checking at the end:
should_break = False
while True:
# do the loop body
# AND potentially do something that impacts the
# value of should_break
if X > Y:
should_break = True
if should_break == True:
break # This breaks out of the while loop
As long as should_break remains False, this code will:
But once the X > Y condition becomes True, the while loop will end.
