Loop control statements in Python

Loop control statements are used to handle the flow of the loop e.g. terminate the loop or skip some block when the particular condition occurs.

There are the following types of loop control statements in Python –

1. break
2. continue
3. pass

---

Contents

1. break
2. continue
3. pass

---

1. break

break statement is used to terminate the loop when the specified condition arises. This statement is also useful to terminate the infinite loop and resume execution to the next statement.

Syntax –

break

Example –

break statement with while loop

num = 1

while num<=5 :
      print("num : ",num)
      if num == 3
          break
      num+=1

print("Bye")

Output

num : 1
num : 2
num : 3
Bye

---

break statement with for loop

languages = ["C","Python","PHP","JAVA","Javascript","jQuery"]

for lang in languages:
    if lang == "JAVA":
       break
    print(lang)

print("Bye")

Output

C
Python
PHP
Bye

---

Terminating the infinite loop

num = 1

while 1:
      if num == 5:
           break
      print("num : ",num)
      num += 1

print("Bye")

Output

num : 1
num : 2
num : 3
num : 4
Bye

---

2. continue

This statement skips the block of code that executes after it and returns the control to the beginning of the loop. You can use it in both while and for loop.

Syntax –

continue

Example –

continue statement with while loop

num = 1

while num<=10 :
      num += 1
      if num == 3 or num == 5
          continue

      print("num : ",num)

print("Bye")

Output

num : 2
num : 4
num : 6
num : 7
num : 8
num : 9
num : 10
num : 11
Bye

---

continue statement with for loop

languages = ["C","Python","PHP","JAVA","Javascript","jQuery"]

for lang in languages:
    if lang == "JAVA":
       continue
    print(lang)

print("Bye")

Output

C
Python
PHP
Javascript
jQUery
Bye

---

3. pass

pass statement is a little different from previous statements when it executes nothing happens.

It is useful when you are implementing a conditional statement or defining method in a program but at the current time, you don’t decide what it will do or a block of code is no longer required in the program.

Syntax –

pass

Example –

num = 1

while num<=5 :
      print("num : ",num)
      if num == 3
          print("pass statement block")
          pass
      num+=1

print("Bye")

Output

num : 1
num : 2
num : 3
pass statement block
num : 4
num : 5
Bye