Python loop control statements

In this tutorial in you’ll learn to Python loop control statements like break statements, continue, and pass. Python loop control statements are used to handling the flow of the loop simple example terminate the loop or skip some block.

Python loop control :

1. break
2. continue
3. pass

break

break statement useful to terminate the infinite loop and resume execution to next statement.

Syntax

break

Example

years = [1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000]

for year in years:
    if year == 1995:
        break
    print(year)
print("Bye")

Output:
1991
1992
1993
1994
Bye

continue

continue statement returns the control to the beginning of the loop. continue statement skips the block of code which executes after it and returns the control to the beginning of the loop.

Syntax

continue

Example

years = [1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000]

for year in years:
    if year == 1995:
        continue
    print(year)
print("Bye")

Output:
1991
1992
1993
1994
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Bye

pass

pass statement use to write empty loops.

Syntax

pass

Example

years = [1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000]

for year in years:
    if year == 1995:
        print ("pass statement")
        pass
    print(year)
print("Bye")

Output:
1991
1992
1993
1994
pass statement execute
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Bye