Break and Continue in Python

Python Break and Continue statements are control statements executed inside a loop. The continue statement skips according to the conditions inside the loop and the break keyword terminates the loop execution at some point.

Break and Continue in Python

Simple example code of break and continue statements in Python.

A break statement is used inside both the while and for loops. It terminates the loop immediately and transfers execution to the new statement after the loop. Exit loop when the variable count becomes equal to 3.

count = 0

while count <= 10:
    print(count)
    count += 1
    if count == 3:
        print("Break")
        break

Output:

The continue statement causes the loop to skip its current execution at some point and move on to the next iteration.

for i in range(0, 5):
    if i == 3:
        print("continue")
        continue
    print(i)

Output:

0
1
2
continue
4

In summary, break is used to exit the loop completely, while continue is used to skip the current iteration and proceed to the next iteration of the loop. Both statements are powerful tools for controlling the flow of loops in Python.

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Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)

Windows 10

Python 3.10.1

All Python Examples are in Python 3, so Maybe its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.