{"id":45,"date":"2024-01-24T14:08:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2024-01-24T14:08:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T14:08:19","slug":"python-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/2024\/01\/24\/python-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Python continue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you\u2019ll learn about the Python continue<\/code> statement and how to use it to control the loop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to the Python continue statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0continue<\/code>\u00a0statement is used inside a\u00a0for<\/code>\u00a0loop or a\u00a0while<\/code>\u00a0loop. The\u00a0continue<\/code>\u00a0statement skips the current iteration and starts the next one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typically, you use the\u00a0continue<\/code>\u00a0statement with an\u00a0if<\/code>\u00a0statement\u00a0to skip the current iteration once a condition is\u00a0True<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following shows how to use the\u00a0continue<\/code>\u00a0statement in a\u00a0for<\/code>\u00a0loop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for index in range(n): if condition: continue # more code here<\/em><\/code>Code language: Python (python)<\/small><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
And the following illustrates how to use the\u00a0continue<\/code>\u00a0statement in a\u00a0while<\/code>\u00a0loop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
while condition1: if condition2: continue # more code here<\/em><\/code>Code language: Python (python)<\/small><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Using Python continue in a for loop example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The following example shows how to use the for<\/code> loop to display even numbers from 0 to 9:for index in range(10): if index % 2: continue print(index)<\/code>Code language: Python (python)<\/small><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
0 2 4 6 8<\/code>Code language: Python (python)<\/small><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
How it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • First, iterate over a range of numbers from 0 to 9 using a for<\/code> loop with the range()<\/code> function.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Second, if the index is an odd number, skip the current iteration and start a new one. Note that the index % 2<\/code> returns 1<\/code> if the index<\/code> is an odd number and 0 if the index<\/code> is an even number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    Using Python continue in a while loop example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    The following example shows how to use the\u00a0continue<\/code>\u00a0statement to display odd numbers between 0 and 9 to the screen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    # print the odd numbers<\/em> counter = 0 while counter < 10: counter += 1 if not counter % 2: continue print(counter)<\/code>Code language: Python (python)<\/small><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    Output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    1 3 5 7 9<\/code>Code language: Python (python)<\/small><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
    How it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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    • First, define the counter<\/code> variable with an initial value of zero<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Second, start the loop as long as the counter<\/code> is less than 10.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Third, inside the loop, increase the counter<\/code> by one in each iteration. If the counter<\/code> is an even number, skip the current iteration. Otherwise, display the counter<\/code> to the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      Summary: in this tutorial, you\u2019ll learn about the Python continue statement and how to use it to control the loop. Introduction to the Python continue statement The\u00a0continue\u00a0statement is used inside a\u00a0for\u00a0loop or a\u00a0while\u00a0loop. The\u00a0continue\u00a0statement skips the current iteration and starts the next one. Typically, you use the\u00a0continue\u00a0statement with an\u00a0if\u00a0statement\u00a0to skip the current iteration once a condition is\u00a0True. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-control-flow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46,"href":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnpython.elegantwallp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}