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Something that is not common knowledge is the fact that Python for loop can have an else clause. An else clause is executed when a for loop ends normally without break being called. Internally, Python will trigger a StopIteration when this happens. def check(target, iterable): for element in iterable: if element == target: print("Jup, target is in container.") break else: print("Seems like target is not in container.") check("s", "a string") # >>> Jup, target is in container....

My name is Alexander Neumann and I am currently working at CareTech OWL as a PostDoc Researcher. Photo by Patrick Pollmeier

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