How to skip Iterations in For Loop - Python

Loops are generally used to repeat the tasks. Sometimes, we may want to skip certain steps in the loop. We can do this easily with the continue statement. This article explains how to skip iterations in a for loop.

In a for loop, you can use continue to skip a specific iteration when a condition is true. When Python sees continue, it skips the rest of the current iteration and moves to the next iteration.

a = ["Geeks", "for", "Geeks_2", "Geeks_3"]
for i in a:
    if i == "for":  # Skip "for"
        continue
    print(i)

Geeks
Geeks_2
Geeks_3

Example #2 - Skipping Odd Numbers

for i in range(1, 11):
  
    # Check if the number is odd
    if i % 2 != 0:  
        continue
    print(i)

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Using If-else [Alternative to continue]

We can Use if-else when both if condition and else block need to execute distinct logic.

# using if..else to skip iteration
for num in range(1, 6):
    if num % 2 == 0:  # Skip even numbers
        pass
    else:
        print(num)

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Can we use break to skip iterations in a loop?

The break statement is used to stop the loop completely. It does not skip iterations. If you want to skip an iteration, you should use continue statement.