Practice Summary (13.2.9) - Breaking out of a loop - Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Question 1 Easy

What is a for loop?

💡 Hint: Think about looping through items in a list.

Question 2 Easy

What does the break statement do?

💡 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

💡 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

💡 Hint: Consider the conditions under which loops typically finish.

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Challenge 1 Hard

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.

💡 Hint: What is your method for iterating through the list?

Challenge 2 Hard

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

💡 Hint: Count how many iterations were made before and after breaking.

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