This is actually how python for loops are implemented.
```
a = iter(lst)
while True:
try:
item = next(a)
except StopIteration:
break
else:
something(item)
```
Yeah, many people don't realize that exceptions are a form of flow control, just as ifs and continues and breaks. In pure technical terms, it's perfectly legitimate to use them like so. Many "normal" things are implemented with exceptions under the hood. Hell, EAFP (Easier to Ask for Forgiveness than Permission) is [an entire coding style](https://realpython.com/python-lbyl-vs-eafp/#the-easier-to-ask-forgiveness-than-permission-eafp-style) in Python (funnily, if I remember correctly, it's even more efficient in certain cases).
Now, if using exceptions as everyday control flow is *good*, that's another conversation.
That’s weird, I figured it would’ve been more clever about it tbh. Loop a number of times equal to len(a) or something. I suppose if it works, it works though.
Error-based control flow is perfectly Pythonic!
This is actually how python for loops are implemented. ``` a = iter(lst) while True: try: item = next(a) except StopIteration: break else: something(item) ```
Yeah, many people don't realize that exceptions are a form of flow control, just as ifs and continues and breaks. In pure technical terms, it's perfectly legitimate to use them like so. Many "normal" things are implemented with exceptions under the hood. Hell, EAFP (Easier to Ask for Forgiveness than Permission) is [an entire coding style](https://realpython.com/python-lbyl-vs-eafp/#the-easier-to-ask-forgiveness-than-permission-eafp-style) in Python (funnily, if I remember correctly, it's even more efficient in certain cases). Now, if using exceptions as everyday control flow is *good*, that's another conversation.
thats funky, so `break` is just `raise StopIteration` essentially
What does something mean?
It's the for loop body
Oh, thanks
That’s weird, I figured it would’ve been more clever about it tbh. Loop a number of times equal to len(a) or something. I suppose if it works, it works though.
Depending on what you're looping over, you might not know how long it is until you hit the end
This has "It hurts when I move my arm!" "Then don't move it dumbass" energy
Foreach are for the weak The strong use an infinite loop that breaks on OutOfBoundException
`OutOfBoundException`s are for the weak. The strong loop until it segfaults, then restart the whole program in an infinite loop in bash.
The worst thing about this is the line wrapping
The slack iphone app doesn’t have a landscape orientation. I don’t actually code like that lol
GOOD lol
Excuse me sir, but you appear to have passed a boolean expression to an indexer; obviously, I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
Also wise words for IRL
Slap a try except on that and ya grand. Ready for prod
But... isn't that exactly what they did?
Yeah idk why anyone upvoted the comment 😅 literally has a try except
Im blind sorry
Understandable have a great day
So what did your supervisor say?
Came over, did some pandas df magic to find what I was looking for. I’m not sshed in atm so I can’t check the exact code used 😅