Python break
statement is used to terminate the a loop which contains the break
statement. When a break
statement is executed inside a loop, the program execution jumps to immidiately next statement after the loop.
If the break
statement is inside a nested loop (one loop inside another loop), the break
statement will terminate the enclosing loop which contains the break statement.
break
Statement Example
Python Gives is a Python program which iterates over the characters of sequence “Python”. The loop uses break
statement to terminate immidiately as soon as character ‘h’ is encounterd in conditional expression of if statement.
for s in "python": if s == "h": break print(s) print("Statement after loop body")
Program output.
p y t Statement after loop body
break
Statement
Flowchart of The flowchart of the break statement in a Python loop.

Python break statement with while loop
Python example to showcase the use of breat statement with the while loop.
The program prints the number, sequentially, starting with 1. It prints the number till 4. The condition i == 5
becomes True, and the loop exits.
i = 1; while True: print(i), i=i+1; if i == 5: break; print("The Loop Ends");
Program output.
1 2 3 4 The Loop Ends
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