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JUMP STATEMENTS

Sometimes, you may want to stop a loop early or skip certain steps inside a loop. In such
cases, Python provides jump statements to control the flow of the loop. Python offers two jump
statements—break and continue, which are used within loops.

THE BREAK STATEMENT
The break statement only exits
The break statement is used to exit a loop before it has the immediate loop in which it
completed all its iterations. When Python encounters is written; it does not affect any

break, it immediately stops the loop, exits it and move on outer loops.
to the code after the loop.

Program To accept 5 even numbers from the user. If an odd number is entered, display a
14 message and exit the loop, showing how many even numbers are entered.

Program14.py

File Edit Format Run Options Window Help
count = 0
while count < 5:
num = int(input("Enter an even number: "))
if num % 2 != 0:
print("Odd number entered. Exiting.")
break # stop the loop if number is odd
count += 1
print("You entered",count,"even numbers.")

Output

Enter an even number: 2
Enter an even number: 6
Enter an even number: 8
Enter an even number: 5
Odd number entered. Exiting.
You entered 3 even numbers.

THE CONTINUE STATEMENT
The continue statement is used to skip the current iteration of
the loop and move to the next one. When Python encounters The continue statement only

continue, it goes back to the beginning of the loop, without skips the immediate iteration
running the rest of the code in that iteration. in which it is written.

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