Lesson 23: Break And Continue Statements In Python

The Python break statement stops the loop in which the statement is placed.

A Python continue statement skips a single iteration in a loop.

Both break and continue statements can be used in a for or a while loop.

The continue statement allows you to skip part of a loop when a condition is met.

The break Statement
Example: break statement we can stop the loop even if the while condition is true.
i = 1 while i < 7: print(i) if (i == 4): break i += 1
output will be
1
2
3
4

The continue Statement
Example: Continue to the next iteration if i is 4.
i = 0 while i < 7: i += 1 if i == 4: continue print(i)
output will be
1
2
3
5
6
7

Example Code: How to use break statements in Python loop?

for char in "communication": if char == 't': break print(char) print("end")
output will be
c
o
m
m
u
n
i
c
a
end

Example Code: How to use continue statements in Python loop?

for char in "communication": if char == 't': continue print(char) print("end")
output will be
c
o
m
m
u
n
i
c
a
i
o
n
end