Break and continue

• A break statement in a loop causes an immediate exit of the loop.

sum = 0.0
while True:
    data = input('Enter a number: ')
    if data == '':
        break
    sum += float(data)
print('The sum is', sum)

• What does this code do?

i = 0
while i < 5:
    i += 1
    if i==2:
        continue
    print(i)

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• What does this code do?

• Breaks and continues can sometimes simplify a loop’s structure and improve readability!