When running loops, sometimes, we might want to interrupt or intervene in the execution of the loops before it runs its full course due to an external factor. For instance, when writing a function looping though a list of numbers, you may want to break when a defined condition external to the program flow is met. We will demonstrate this further.
Python provides us with three statements that can be used to achieve this:
break
continue
pass
The break statement allows you to exit a loop based on an external trigger. This means that you can exit the loop based on a condition external to the loop. This statement is usually used in conjunction with a conditional if statement.
The following is an example program that shows the break statement in action:
# Loop over all numbers from 1 to 10 for number in range(1,11): # If the number is 4, exit the loop if number == 4: break # Calculate the product of number and 2 product = number * 2 # Print out...