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Using break to Stop Loops

The break keyword immediately terminates a loop and proceeds to execute the code that follows the loop.

It is typically used within a loop when a specific condition is met, and further iteration is unnecessary.


Example of Using the break Statement​

Stopping a loop using break
# Print numbers from 1 to 10, but stop the loop at 5
for i in range(1, 11):
    # When i equals 5
    if i == 5:
        # Exit the loop
        break
    # Print i
    print(i)
Output
1
2
3
4

In the code above, the loop for i in range(1, 11): iterates through numbers from 1 to 10, but when i equals 5, it encounters break and the loop terminates.

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