128 Use break and continue to do this. Breaking nested loops can be done in Python using the following:

You could set a variable in the inner loop, and check it in the outer loop immediately after the inner loop exits, breaking if appropriate. I kind of like the GOTO method, provided you don't …

A break will only break out of the inner-most loop it's inside of. Your first example breaks from the outer loop, the second example only breaks out of the inner loop. To break out of multiple …

If you're asking how to make code loop a set number of times, then the usual Python idiom is to make a range and iterate over it. But if you've decided that the code now needs to loop, then …

Currently having trouble with breaking this for loop. I want to break it if the variable is not found in this list so it can move two another for loop. It expects an indented block for the top of t...

how would I stop a while loop after 5 minutes if it does not achieve what I want it to achieve. while true: test = 0 if test == 5: break test = test - 1 This code throws me in an

Jan 30, 2013 · Consider rephrasing "Don't use while True and break statements. It's bad programming." While I try to avoid them as a general rule, many times I have simplified logic …

Nov 1, 2012 · I am reading serial data and writing to a csv file using a while loop. I want the user to be able to kill the while loop once they feel they have collected enough data. while True: …

I'd just like to exit out of a with statement under certain conditions: with open (path) as f: print 'before condition' if <condition>: break #syntax error! print 'after condition...

May 25, 2017 · 102 Because break cannot be used to break out of an if statement - it can only break out of loops. That's the way Python (and most other languages) are specified to behave. …