Python Jump Statements

Jump statements change the normal flow of a loop. Python has three of them: break, continue and pass. You use them inside for and while loops.

Statement	What it does
break	Stops the loop completely
continue	Skips the rest of this round and goes to the next round
pass	Does nothing. It is a placeholder

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break statement

The break statement ends the loop right away, usually when a condition becomes true.

for i in range(1, 11):
    if i == 5:
        break
    print(i)

print("Loop ended")

The same works in a while loop. In this example we print up to 5 and stop.

x = 1
while x <= 10:
    print(x)
    if x == 5:
        break
    x = x + 1

print("This statement will print after the loop..")

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continue statement

The continue statement skips the remaining code of the current round, and starts the next round. Here we print only the odd numbers.

for i in range(1, 8):
    if i % 2 == 0:
        continue
    print(i)

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pass statement

The pass statement does nothing. Python needs some code inside an if, loop, function or class, so use pass when you want to write it later.

for i in range(3):
    pass          # code will be written later

print("No error")

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else clause with loops

A loop can have an else block. It runs when the loop ends normally, which means without a break.

numbers = [3, 8, 11]

for n in numbers:
    if n > 10:
        print("Found", n)
        break
else:
    print("Not found")

If no number was bigger than 10, the loop would finish by itself and print “Not found”.

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Summary

• break stops the loop.
• continue skips to the next round.
• pass is an empty placeholder.
• else on a loop runs only if the loop did not hit break.

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