{"id":6960,"date":"2020-12-29T20:03:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T14:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/?p=6960"},"modified":"2023-12-30T16:44:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T11:14:43","slug":"break-outside-loop-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/break-outside-loop-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Break Outside Loop Error in Python: Cause and Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello coders!! In this article, we will learn about Python&#8217;s &#8220;break outside loop&#8221; loop error. We will see its cause with some examples and will ultimately learn how to resolve this error. Let us now understand it in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #990303;color:#990303\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #990303;color:#990303\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/break-outside-loop-python\/#What_does_%E2%80%98break_mean_in_Python\" >What does &#8216;break&#8217; mean in Python?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/break-outside-loop-python\/#SyntaxError_Break_outside_loop_in_Python\" >SyntaxError: Break outside loop in Python:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/break-outside-loop-python\/#Resolution_for_SyntaxError_break_outside_loop_in_Python\" >Resolution for SyntaxError: break outside loop in Python:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/break-outside-loop-python\/#Difference_between_break_exit_and_return\" >Difference between break, exit and return:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/break-outside-loop-python\/#Conclusion_Break_Outside_Loop_Python\" >Conclusion: Break Outside Loop Python<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-does-break-mean-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_%E2%80%98break_mean_in_Python\"><\/span>What does &#8216;break&#8217; mean in Python?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8216;break&#8217; statement is used to instruct Python to exit from a loop. It is commonly used to exit a loop abruptly when some external condition is triggered. The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-break\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<strong>break<\/strong>&nbsp;statement<\/a> can be used in any type of loop &#8211; while loop and for loop.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nn = 10                 \nwhile n &gt; 0:              \n   print ('Value :', n)\n   n = n -1\n   if n == 5:\n      break\nprint ('Exiting the loop')\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-output\">Output:<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"151\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-151.png\" alt=\"What does 'break' mean in Python?\" class=\"wp-image-6963\" style=\"width:553px;height:146px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-151.png 572w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-151-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-151-150x40.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As we can see, when the variable&#8217;s value becomes 5, the condition for the break statement triggers and Python abruptly exits the loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-syntaxerror-break-outside-loop-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SyntaxError_Break_outside_loop_in_Python\"><\/span>SyntaxError: Break outside loop in Python:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of a break statement is to terminate a loop abruptly by triggering a condition. So, the break statement can only be used inside a loop. It can also be used inside an if statement, but only if it is inside a loop. If one uses a break statement outside of a loop, then they will get the \u201cSyntaxError: \u2018break\u2019 outside loop\u201d error in their code.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nn = 10\nif n &lt; 15:\n\tprint('The number is less than 15')\nelse:\n\tbreak\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-output-1\">Output:<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"43\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-152.png\" alt=\"break outside loop python output\" class=\"wp-image-6964\" style=\"width:571px;height:43px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-152.png 571w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-152-300x23.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-152-150x11.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>We can see that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/keyword-cant-be-an-expression-error-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">error SyntaxError:<\/a> break outside loop occurs. This is because we have used the break statement without any parent loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-resolution-for-syntaxerror-break-outside-loop-in-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Resolution_for_SyntaxError_break_outside_loop_in_Python\"><\/span>Resolution for SyntaxError: break outside loop in Python:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause of the above error is that the break statement can&#8217;t be used anywhere in a program. It is used only to stop a loop from executing further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to remove the break statements in order to solve the error. An exception can replace it. We use exceptions to stop a program and provide an error message.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nn = 20\nif n &lt; 15:\n\tprint('The number is less than 15')\nelse:\n\traise Exception(&quot;The number is not less than 15&quot;)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-output-2\"><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-153.png\" alt=\"Error in break outside loop python\" class=\"wp-image-6965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-153.png 568w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-153-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-153-150x21.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The code now returns an exception based on the given condition. When we use an exception, it stops the program from further execution( if triggered) and displays the error message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we want the program to continue further execution, we can simply use a print statement.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: python; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nn = 20\nif n &lt; 15:\n\tprint('The number is less than 15')\nelse:\n\tprint(&quot;The number is not less than 15&quot;)\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-output-3\"><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"61\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-154.png\" alt=\"Solved Error break outside loop python\" class=\"wp-image-6966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-154.png 576w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-154-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-154-150x16.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Here, due to the use of print statement, the program does not stop from execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-difference-between-break-exit-and-return\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Difference_between_break_exit_and_return\"><\/span>Difference between break, exit and return:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>BREAK<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythonpool.com\/python-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EXIT<\/a><\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Return_statement#:~:text=The%20return%20clause%20is%20placed,statement%20of%20the%20procedure%20body.&amp;text=In%20other%20cases%20a%20Null,the%20value%20undefined%20is%20returned.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RETURN<\/a><\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Type<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Keyword<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">System Call<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Instruction<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Purpose<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">exit from a loop<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">exit from a program and return the control back to OS<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"> return a value from a function<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusion-break-outside-loop-python\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion_Break_Outside_Loop_Python\"><\/span>Conclusion: Break Outside Loop Python<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we discussed in detail the Python &#8220;break out of loop error.&#8221; We learned about using the break statement and saw the scene in which the said error can occur. So, to avoid it, we must remember to use the break statement within the loop only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if you have any doubts or questions, do let me know in the comment section below. I will try to help you as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Happy Pythoning!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello coders!! In this article, we will learn about Python&#8217;s &#8220;break outside loop&#8221; loop error. 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