循环语句可以有一个else子句;当(for)循环迭代完整个列表或(while)循环条件变为假,而非由break语句终止时,就会执行这个else语句。下面循环搜索质数的代码例示了这一点:
>>> for n in range(2, 10): ... for x in range(2, n): ... if n % x == 0: ... print n, 'equals', x, '*', n/x ... break ... else: ... # loop fell through without finding a factor ... print n, 'is a prime number' ... 2 is a prime number 3 is a prime number 4 equals 2 * 2 5 is a prime number 6 equals 2 * 3 7 is a prime number 8 equals 2 * 4 9 equals 3 * 3
(是的,这是正确的代码。看仔细:else子句属于for循环,不属于if语句。)