python pdb - skip loop

Try the until statement.

Go to the last line of the loop (with next or n) and then use until or unt. This will take you to the next line, right after the loop.

http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/pdb/ has a good explanation


You should set a breakpoint after the loop ("break main.py:4" presuming the above lines are in a file called main.py) and then continue ("c").


In the link mentioned by the accepted answer (https://pymotw.com/3/pdb/), I found this section somewhat more helpful:

To let execution run until a specific line, pass the line number to the until command.

Here's an example of how that can work re: loops:

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It spares you from two things: having to create extra breakpoints, and having to navigate to the end of a loop (especially when you might have already iterated such that you wouldn't be able to without re-running the debugger).

Here's the Python docs on until. Btw I'm using pdb++ as a drop-in for the standard debugger (hence the formatting) but until works the same in both.

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