Python
This section describes some of the advanced features that are available for the Python language.
Begin/End Structure Matching for Python
Begin/End Structure Matching moves the cursor from the beginning of a code structure to the end, or vice
versa.
To place the cursor on the opposite end of the structure when the cursor is on a begin or end keyword
pair, press
Ctrl
+
]
(
find_matching_paren
command or from the menu click
Search
→
Go to Matching
Parenthesis
). The
find_matching_paren
command supports matching parenthesis pairs
{ }
,
[ ]
and
( )
.
For Python, SlickEdit
®
Core supports the matching of the colon (
:
) token and the end of context.
Note the cursor location in the code block below:
def function_foo(arg):| <- cursor
....
return 0| <- destination
Executing
find_matching_paren
will move the cursor to the end of line containing the
return 0
state-
ment. Executing it while the cursor is at the end of the
return 0
statement will bring the cursor back to the
colon (
:
) position of the function signature line (
def function_foo(arg):
).
This works on
function
,
class
,
for
,
while
,
if
, and
try
statements.
There is one limitation of this feature. Note the following code block:
for i in xrange(0, 10):| <- A
for j in xrange(0, 10):| <- B
for k in xrange(0, 10):| <- C
print i, j, k| <- D
Invoking
find_matching_paren
at position A, B, or C will move the cursor to D, but doing so while the
cursor is at D will only move the cursor back to C (not A nor B). This is because the Python language
doesn't have the notion of end-of-scope token (such as
}
in C/C++, Java, etc.), so it's impossible to de-
termine the correct destination when jumping from D. Therefore we pick the nearest possible destination
in this scenario.
See
Begin/End Structure Matching
for more information about this feature.
Begin/End Structure Matching
for Python
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