The keyword break
, breaks out of the innermost enclosing loop.
for n in range(2, 7):
for x in range(2, n):
if n % x == 0:
print(n, 'equals', x, '*', n//x)
break
else:
# loop fell through without finding a factor
print(n, 'is a prime number')
2 is a prime number
3 is a prime number
4 equals 2 * 2
5 is a prime number
6 equals 2 * 3
The keyword continue, moves the control to the next iteration of the loop.
for num in range(2, 8):
if num % 2 == 0:
print("Found an even number", num)
continue
print("Found a number", num)
Found an even number 2
Found a number 3
Found an even number 4
Found a number 5
Found an even number 6
Found a number 7