Loop Control Statements in a while Loop

The break and continue statements are powerful tools for controlling the flow of a while loop:

break: immediately exits the loop when a specific condition is met;
continue: skips the rest of the current iteration and moves to the next one.

Additionally, the pass statement is used as a placeholder and does nothing when executed, which can be useful for incomplete logic or avoiding errors in empty blocks.

Example: Finding a City and Exiting the Loop

Let's use a while loop to search for a specific city in the travel_list. If the city is found, the loop will terminate using break.


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travel_list = ["Monako", "Luxemburg", "Liverpool", "Barcelona", "Munchen"]

# Initialize the index
i = 0

# Search for "Barcelona"
while i < len(travel_list):
    if travel_list[i] == "Barcelona":
        print("Found Barcelona!")
        break
    print(travel_list[i])
    i += 1

Explanation:

The index i starts at 0, pointing to the first city in the list;
The while loop continues as long as i is less than the length of travel_list;
If the current city is "Barcelona", the message is printed, and the loop exits using break and "Munchen" is never reached by the loop;
If "Barcelona" is not found, the current city is printed, and i is incremented to move to the next city.

Example: Counting a Specific City Using continue

Now, let's count how many times "Barcelona" appears in the travel_list, skipping cities that don't match using continue.


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travel_list = ["Monako", "Barcelona", "Liverpool", "Barcelona", "Munchen", "Barcelona"]

# Initialize variables
i = 0
counter = 0

# Count occurrences of "Barcelona"
while i < len(travel_list):
    if travel_list[i] != "Barcelona":
        i += 1
        continue
    else:
        counter += 1
    i += 1

print("Total occurrences of 'Barcelona':", counter)

Explanation:

The index i starts at 0, and counter is set to 0 to track occurrences of "Barcelona";
The while loop runs as long as i is less than the length of travel_list;
If the current city is not "Barcelona", the loop skips the remaining code for that iteration using continue and increments i;
For each occurrence of "Barcelona", counter is incremented, and the loop continues until all cities are checked.

Task

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Write a program using a while loop and the continue keyword to:

Skip cities with names longer than 7 characters.
Print only the names of cities with short names (less than or equal to 7 characters).

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Loop Control Statements in a while Loop

The break and continue statements are powerful tools for controlling the flow of a while loop:

break: immediately exits the loop when a specific condition is met;
continue: skips the rest of the current iteration and moves to the next one.

Additionally, the pass statement is used as a placeholder and does nothing when executed, which can be useful for incomplete logic or avoiding errors in empty blocks.

Example: Finding a City and Exiting the Loop

Let's use a while loop to search for a specific city in the travel_list. If the city is found, the loop will terminate using break.


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travel_list = ["Monako", "Luxemburg", "Liverpool", "Barcelona", "Munchen"]

# Initialize the index
i = 0

# Search for "Barcelona"
while i < len(travel_list):
    if travel_list[i] == "Barcelona":
        print("Found Barcelona!")
        break
    print(travel_list[i])
    i += 1

Explanation:

The index i starts at 0, pointing to the first city in the list;
The while loop continues as long as i is less than the length of travel_list;
If the current city is "Barcelona", the message is printed, and the loop exits using break and "Munchen" is never reached by the loop;
If "Barcelona" is not found, the current city is printed, and i is incremented to move to the next city.

Example: Counting a Specific City Using continue

Now, let's count how many times "Barcelona" appears in the travel_list, skipping cities that don't match using continue.


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travel_list = ["Monako", "Barcelona", "Liverpool", "Barcelona", "Munchen", "Barcelona"]

# Initialize variables
i = 0
counter = 0

# Count occurrences of "Barcelona"
while i < len(travel_list):
    if travel_list[i] != "Barcelona":
        i += 1
        continue
    else:
        counter += 1
    i += 1

print("Total occurrences of 'Barcelona':", counter)

Explanation:

The index i starts at 0, and counter is set to 0 to track occurrences of "Barcelona";
The while loop runs as long as i is less than the length of travel_list;
If the current city is not "Barcelona", the loop skips the remaining code for that iteration using continue and increments i;
For each occurrence of "Barcelona", counter is incremented, and the loop continues until all cities are checked.

Task

Swipe to show code editor

Write a program using a while loop and the continue keyword to:

Skip cities with names longer than 7 characters.
Print only the names of cities with short names (less than or equal to 7 characters).

Switch to desktop for real-world practiceContinue from where you are using one of the options below

Everything was clear?

Thanks for your feedback!

Section 2. Chapter 4

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Python Loops Tutorial

Loop Control Statements in a while Loop

Example: Finding a City and Exiting the Loop

Explanation:

Example: Counting a Specific City Using continue

Explanation:

Loop Control Statements in a while Loop

Example: Finding a City and Exiting the Loop

Explanation:

Example: Counting a Specific City Using continue

Explanation: