5.4 - break, continue, and pass
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Practice Questions
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What does the break statement do in a loop?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when a certain condition is met.
What would be printed by the following code: for i in range(3): if i == 1: continue; print(i)?
💡 Hint: Which number is skipped?
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What does the break statement do in a loop?
💡 Hint: Think about 'breaking out' of something.
Using 'continue', what will be printed in this code: for i in range(4): if i == 1: continue; print(i)?
💡 Hint: Which number won't show up in the output?
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Write a function that utilizes 'break', 'continue', and 'pass' statements to filter out all odd numbers from a given list and return a new list of even numbers.
💡 Hint: Think about how you'd use 'continue' to skip odd numbers and 'pass' to ignore zeros.
Create a guessing game where the game continues until the user correctly guesses a given number, using 'break' to exit the loop, 'continue' to skip invalid guesses, and 'pass' for any additional logic you might want to implement later.
💡 Hint: Remember to handle invalid inputs with 'continue' and ensure 'break' is reached when the guess is correct.
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