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Continue, Break, Pass

The document explains the use of the Python keywords break, continue, and pass for controlling loop execution. The break keyword exits a loop prematurely, continue skips the current iteration, and pass serves as a placeholder when no action is needed. Examples are provided for each keyword to illustrate their functionality.

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Continue, Break, Pass

The document explains the use of the Python keywords break, continue, and pass for controlling loop execution. The break keyword exits a loop prematurely, continue skips the current iteration, and pass serves as a placeholder when no action is needed. Examples are provided for each keyword to illustrate their functionality.

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Python Keywords: break, continue, and pass

Introduction
In Python, the break, continue, and pass keywords are used to control the
flow of execution in loops and conditional statements. These keywords provide
a way to exit loops, skip iterations, or do nothing in specific situations.

1 Break
The break keyword is used to exit a loop prematurely. When break is encoun-
tered inside a loop (such as for or while), the loop is immediately terminated,
and the program continues with the next statement after the loop.

Syntax
break

Examples
# Example 1 : Using b r e a k i n a w h i l e l o o p
i = 0
while i < 5 :
i f i == 3 :
break # E x i t s t h e l o o p when i e q u a l s 3
print ( i )
i += 1
Output:
0
1
2

# Example 2 : Using b r e a k i n a f o r l o o p
f o r i in range ( 5 ) :
i f i == 3 :
break # E x i t s t h e l o o p when i e q u a l s 3
print ( i )

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Output:
0
1
2

2 Continue
The continue keyword is used to skip the current iteration of a loop and proceed
to the next iteration. This can be useful when you want to skip specific values
or conditions without terminating the entire loop.

Syntax
continue

Examples

# Example 1 : Using c o n t i n u e i n a w h i l e l o o p
i = 0
while i < 5 :
i += 1
i f i == 3 :
continue # S k i p s t h e i t e r a t i o n when i e q u a l s 3
print ( i )
Output:

1
2
4
5

# Example 2 : Using c o n t i n u e i n a f o r l o o p
f o r i in range ( 5 ) :
i f i == 3 :
continue # S k i p s t h e i t e r a t i o n when i e q u a l s 3
print ( i )
Output:

0
1
2
4

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3 Pass
The pass keyword is a placeholder used when a statement is syntactically re-
quired, but no action is needed. It is commonly used in situations where code
is being developed, but the implementation is not yet complete.

Syntax
pass

Examples
# Example 1 : Using p a s s i n a w h i l e l o o p
i = 0
while i < 5 :
i f i == 3 :
pass # P l a c e h o l d e r f o r f u t u r e code
else :
print ( i )
i += 1
Output:
0
1
2
4

# Example 2 : Using p a s s i n a f o r l o o p
f o r i in range ( 5 ) :
i f i == 3 :
pass # P l a c e h o l d e r f o r f u t u r e code
else :
print ( i )
Output:
0
1
2
4

Conclusion
ˆ The break keyword is used to exit a loop prematurely.
ˆ The continue keyword skips the current iteration of a loop and moves to
the next iteration.

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ˆ The pass keyword does nothing and is often used as a placeholder for
future code.

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