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Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you’ll learn about the Python break<\/code> statement and how to use it to exit a loop prematurely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to the Python break statement #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, you want to terminate a for<\/code> loop<\/a> or a while<\/code> loop<\/a> prematurely regardless of the results of the conditional tests. In these cases, you can use the break<\/code> statement:<\/p>\n\n\n

break<\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> Python<\/span> (<\/span>python<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Using Python break with for loop #<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The following shows how to use the break<\/code> statement inside a for<\/code> loop:<\/p>\n\n\n
for<\/span> index in<\/span> range(n):\n    # more code here <\/span>\n    if<\/span> condition:\n        break<\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> Python<\/span> (<\/span>python<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
In this syntax, if the condition<\/code> evaluates to True<\/code>, the break<\/code> statement terminates the loop immediately. It won’t execute the remaining iterations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This example shows how to use the break<\/code> statement inside a for<\/code> loop:<\/p>\n\n\n
for<\/span> index in<\/span> range(0<\/span>, 10<\/span>):\n    print(index)\n    if<\/span> index == 3<\/span>:\n        break<\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> Python<\/span> (<\/span>python<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
Output:<\/p>\n\n\n
0<\/span>\n1<\/span>\n2<\/span>\n3<\/span><\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> Python<\/span> (<\/span>python<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n
How it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Try it<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Typically, you use the break<\/code>  statement with the if<\/code> statement<\/a> to terminate a loop when a condition is True<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n