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JUMP STATEMENTS
These statements are used to jump out of the loop iterations even if the condition has not become
false. They alter the flow of control unconditionally. The jump statements defined in Python are
break and continue.
break STATEMENT
The break statement is used for exiting the program control out of the loop. The break statement
stops the execution of the loop and program flow continues to the statement after the loop. It is
mostly used when we need to exit a loop prematurely before the loop condition becomes false.
Program 5: To demonstrate the use of the break statement in a loop
Program5.py
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#Program to show the use of the break statement in the for loop
for number in range(0, 12):
if(number == 7):
break
print('Number is:', number)
print('Out of loop')
On running the above program, we get the following output:
Output
Number is: 0
Number is: 1
Number is: 2
Number is: 3
Number is: 4
Number is: 5
Number is: 6
Out of loop
The for loop will print the numbers from 0 to 6 because as soon as the number reaches 7, the
break statement is executed, stopping the loop.
continue STATEMENT
The continue statement causes the program to skip the rest of the statement of the current block
and move to the next iteration of the loop. It immediately transfers control to the evaluation of the
test expression of the loop for the next iteration of the loop.
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