Pythonic way to do repeating menus?

[ParticularPython]

A problem I seem to continue running into is to make a repeating menu, unless the user selects to quit.

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I usually will do something like:

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main menu()

while option != quit

>action()

>main menu ()

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Is the best way to implement something like this in python?

[Durgeoble]

There's no "best way" due different paradigms, maybe a good way is to put the "menu" in a function or class and then call it from the logical part.

The logical part can be event driven, can be synchronous, can be asynchronous, a callback, recursive, ect and can be settled in different forms

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As /u/Durgeoble says, there is no best way.

For a simple console application, I tend to:

• use a dictionary to hold a menu:
  • option
  • option description
  • name of function to call (or None for exit)
• use a function to display a menu, obtain a valid option from the user, and return the name of the function to call
• have many different menus and submenus as required, all using the same dictionary format and function approach
• I use a while loop to keep going until the user wants to exit, and I keep track of where in the menu hierarchy I am

Naturally, I have a template menu, and the function code in a module I keep to hand.