🔒 break & continue statement

[cloud pier]

Someone help me understand this break & continue statement, in the easiest way possible please.

[safe sandal]

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[woven delta]

um

i can help with anology

[velvet thistle]

in a for/while loop:

If you use continue, it will skip that specific iteration and move on to the next one

For break, it basically means it exits the loop

[woven delta]

so like when you using loops and when you call break: it's stop the loop right there

imagine you watching a movie you get call from your mom "come home" you stop watching a movie right there

that's break

and continue is like saying " I will skip this one(loop or specific turn), then i will continue

it's like you skip the breakfast

but you still gonna eat lunch and dinner

[velvet thistle]

Example with continue

fruits : list[str] = ["apple", "orange", "banana", "mango"]
for fruit in fruits:
    if fruit == "orange":
      continue # This moves onto banna immediately and skips "orange"
    else:
         print(f"This {fruit} is NOT an orange!)
Prints:
- This {apple} is NOT an orange!
- This {banana} is NOT an orange!
- This {mango} is NOT an orange!

Example with break

fruits : list[str] = ["apple", "orange", "banna", "mango"]
for fruit in fruits:
    print(fruit)
    if fruit == "orange":
      break # Stops the loop/exits the loop
Prints:
- apple 
- Orange # Exits the loop after this, that's why the rest of the fruits are not listed

[woven delta]

you got anology with code

[cloud pier]

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH

[fallen ivy]

Nice explanation

[woven delta]

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[cloud pier]

how?

[woven delta]

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[safe sandal]

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