On Mar 23, 12:52 pm, belinda thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm writing a function that polls the user for keyboard input, > looping until it has determined that the user has entered a valid > string of characters, in which case it returns that string so it can > be processed up the call stack. My problem is this. I'd also like it > to handle a special string (e.g. 'quit'), in which case control > should return to the Python command line as opposed to returning the > string up the call stack. > > sys.exit seemed like a good choice, but it exits the python interpreter. > > I could use an exception for this purpose, but was wondering if > there's a better way? > > --b
If you're using a function, wouldn't using the keyword "return" work? Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
