Use break and continue to do this. Breaking nested loops can be done in Python using the following:

From my understanding the question was How to break out of multiple loops in Python? and the answer should have been "It does not work, try something else". I know it fixes the exact given …

This returns but doesn't quite "break out" of a with statement. Users must be aware that the __exit__ is executed regardless with this approach.

A break will only break out of the inner-most loop it's inside of. Your first example breaks from the outer loop, the second example only breaks out of the inner loop. To break out of multiple …

In Python code, it is permissible to break before or after a binary operator, as long as the convention is consistent locally. For new code Knuth's style (line breaks before the operator) is …

Jan 30, 2013 · Consider rephrasing "Don't use while True and break statements. It's bad programming." While I try to avoid them as a general rule, many times I have simplified logic …

The Python interpreter will join consecutive lines if the last character of the line is a backslash. This is helpful in some cases, but should usually be avoided because of its fragility: a white …

1 I am new in Python and I got confused about the way that "break" works in a for loop. There is an example in Python documentation (break and continue Statements) which calculates prime …

Currently having trouble with breaking this for loop. I want to break it if the variable is not found in this list so it can move two another for loop. It expects an indented block for the top of t...

May 25, 2017 · 102 Because break cannot be used to break out of an if statement - it can only break out of loops. That's the way Python (and most other languages) are specified to behave. …