Python

Break and Continue

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Break

The break statement simply breaks out of the innermost enclosing loop.

for i in range(1, 101):
    if i == 10:
        print("WE BROKE IT!")
        break
    print(i)

Output:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
WE BROKE IT!

Continue

The continue statement continues with the next iteration of the loop.

for i in range(1, 100):​
    if i % 2 == 0:​
        print("{} is an even number!".format(i)​)
        continue #prevents second print from running​
    print("{} is an odd number!".format(i))

Output:

1 is an odd number!
2 is an even number!
3 is an odd number!
4 is an even number!
5 is an odd number!
6 is an even number!
7 is an odd number!
8 is an even number!
9 is an odd number!
10 is an even number!
11 is an odd number!
12 is an even number!
13 is an odd number!
14 is an even number!
15 is an odd number!
16 is an even number!
17 is an odd number!
18 is an even number!
19 is an odd number!
20 is an even number!
....

Notice how the second print is skipped entirely for even numbers!

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