On Mar 23, 2007, at 11:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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
No, because that just returns to the caller, which is not the Python interpreter. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
