Practice Summary - 13.2.9 | 13. Breaking out of a loop | Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is a for loop?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about looping through items in a list.

Question 2

Easy

What does the break statement do?

πŸ’‘ Hint: It stops the loop from running.

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Question 1

What does the break statement do in a loop?

  • Continues to the next iteration
  • Ends the current loop execution
  • Starts the loop again

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what happens to a loop when break is executed.

Question 2

True or False: The else clause for loops executes when a break statement is encountered.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the conditions under which loops typically finish.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Write a function that accepts a list and a target number, returning the index of the number or -1 if not found using both while and for loops, implementing break effectively.

πŸ’‘ Hint: What is your method for iterating through the list?

Question 2

Modify a given search function that doesn’t use a break statement to incorporate it and measure any changes in execution time.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Count how many iterations were made before and after breaking.

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