How to restart a code included into a function?

Question

I would like to restart my python code from the beginning after a given "yes" input from the user, but I can't understand what I'm doing wrong here:

if input("Other questions? ") == 'yes' or 'yeah':
    main()
else:
    pass

my code is included within the function main(). Thanks for the help!!

To whoever closed this question, the question/answer you linked to appears totally unrelated to this question? — kamion, Feb 25 '21 at 08:39
@kamion No, `input("Other questions? ") == 'yes' or 'yeah'` is the problem, and the question linked explains how to fix it. (Note: I didn't close the question) — abhigyanj, Feb 25 '21 at 08:46

kamion · Answer 1 · 2021-02-25T08:47:15.983

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You would probably do it with a while loop around the whole thing you want repeated, and as Loic RW said in the comments, just break out of the while loop:

while True:
    # do whatever you want

    # at the end, you ask your question:
    if input("Other questions? ") in ['yes','yeah']:
        # this will loop around again
        pass
    else:
        # this will break out of the while loop
        break

edited Feb 25 '21 at 08:47

answered Feb 25 '21 at 08:35

kamion

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`if` statement will be true no matter whatever you pass – Rustam Garayev Feb 25 '21 at 08:38
You could also write `while True:` and then under `else` write `break` – Loic RW Feb 25 '21 at 08:38
Ooops. I just copied and paste the original code and didn't look at it closely. My bad. Edited the if condition. Thanks @RustamGarayev – kamion Feb 25 '21 at 08:44
thanks for the help, I'll have a look – Feb 25 '21 at 08:45
@LoicRW, yes that's also do-able. – kamion Feb 25 '21 at 08:46

How to restart a code included into a function?

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