Python continue statement
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It returns the control to the beginning of the while loop.. The continue statement rejects all the remaining statements in the current iteration of the loop and moves the control back to the top of the loop.
The continue statement can be used in both while and for loops.
Syntax
continue
Flow Diagram
Example
Live Demo#!/usr/bin/python for letter in 'Python': # First Example if letter == 'h': continue print 'Current Letter :', letter var = 10 # Second Example while var > 0: var = var -1 if var == 5: continue print 'Current variable value :', var print "Good bye!"
When the above code is executed, it produces the following result −
Current Letter : P Current Letter : y Current Letter : t Current Letter : o Current Letter : n Current variable value : 9 Current variable value : 8 Current variable value : 7 Current variable value : 6 Current variable value : 4 Current variable value : 3 Current variable value : 2 Current variable value : 1 Current variable value : 0 Good bye!
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