exiting a python script

[doc]

I have a python script that I'm running in the python shell

execfile("myscript.py")

and I'd liked the script to stop running if a certain condition is met.

If I was just writing a normal python script I'd do this:

if foo>0 :

sys.exit()

but when running this in houdini it will attempt tp quit the whole file rather than just the

script.

Is there a way to exit the script and not the houdini session?

thanks

[yongbin]

are your script running in function?

then you can use return statement.

def foo():
    ...
    if bar>0:
        return


foo()
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Edited September 24, 2013 by yongbin

[doc]

I wasn't running it in a function, but I'll put it in one and it works like a charm.

thanks

[Erik_JE]

execfile is bad code imo. Better to create and import a module in most cases

[glassman3d]

if you want to simply exit out of a loop but stay in a function you could also use 'break'

execfile is bad code imo. Better to create and import a module in most cases

double plus one!