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From: Pieter van Oostrum <pieter-l@vanoostrum.org>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Subject: Re: A technique from a chatbot
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:15:18 +0200
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

>   It can lead to errors:
>
> def first_word_beginning_with_e( list_ ):
>     for word in list_:
>         if word[ 0 ]== 'e': return word
>     something_to_be_done_at_the_end_of_this_function()
>     
>   The call sometimes will not be executed here!
>   So, "return" is similar to "break" in that regard.

That can be solved with finally:

def first_word_beginning_with_e( list_ ):
    try:
        for word in list_:
            if word[ 0 ]== 'e': return word
    finally:
        print("something_to_be_done_at_the_end_of_this_function()")

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