Break and Continue Statement

Python Break Statement

Break statement allows to breakout out of the loop.

Break statement can be used in both while and for loops.

Syntax

break

Example

# Program to print the fruits available inside the list
fruits = ["Apple", "Banana", "Cherry","Mango","Pineapple","Jackfruit"]

for x in fruits:
    print(x)
    if x == "Mango":
        break      

Output:
Apple
Banana
Cherry
Mango

# Program to print numbers in ascending order till the mentioned limit
i = 1
while i <= 10:
    print(i)
    i += 1
    if i == 5:
        break
print("Execution Completed!")       

Output:
1
2
3
4
Execution Completed!

Note:If you are using nested loops, the break statement stops the execution of the innermost loop and start executing the next line of code after the block.

# Nested for loop example without break statement
for x in range(1,4):  # 1 ,2, 3
    ### Inner for loop	 ###
    for y in range(1,4):
        print(x,y)     

Output:
1 1
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 2
2 3
3 1
3 2
3 3

# Nested for loop with break statement
for x in range(1,4):  # 1 ,2, 3
    ### Inner for loop	 ###
    for y in range(1,4):
        print(x,y)
        if x == 2 and y == 2:
            break    

Output:
1 1
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 2
3 1
3 2
3 3

Python Continue Statement

The continue statement rejects all the remaining statements in the current iteration of the loop and moves the control back to the top of the loop.

The continue statement can be used in both while and for loops.

Syntax:

    continue

Example

# Program to print numbers in ascending order till the mentioned limit
i = 0
while i <= 10:
    i += 1
    if i == 5:
        continue
    print(i)
print("Execution Completed!") 

Output:
1
2
3
4
6
7
8
9
10
11
Execution Completed!

#print even numbers present in a list
numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 20 , 23, 36]

for num in numbers:
    if num % 2 != 0:
        continue
    print(num)

Output:
2
4
20
36