ellipsis alternative to none this notation is new in python --and goes well beyond the original intent of in slicing extensions--so time will tell if it becomes widespread enough to challenge pass and none in these roles continue the continue statement causes an immediate jump to the top of loop it also sometimes lets you avoid statement nesting the next example uses continue to skip odd numbers this code prints all even numbers less than and greater than or equal to remember means false and is the remainder of division (modulusoperatorso this loop counts down to skipping numbers that aren' multiples of --it prints while xx - if ! continue print(xend='orx - odd-skip print because continue jumps to the top of the loopyou don' need to nest the print statement here inside an if testthe print is only reached if the continue is not run if this sounds similar to "go toin other languagesit should python has no "go tostatementbut because continue lets you jump about in programmany of the warnings about readability and maintainability you may have heard about "go toapply con tinue should probably be used sparinglyespecially when you're first getting started with python for instancethe last example might be clearer if the print were nested under the ifx while xx - if = print(xend='even-print later in this bookwe'll also learn that raised and caught exceptions can also emulate "go tostatements in limited and structured waysstay tuned for more on this technique in where we will learn how to use it to break out of multiple nested loopsa feat not possible with the next section' topic alone break the break statement causes an immediate exit from loop because the code that follows it in the loop is not executed if the break is reachedyou can also sometimes avoid nesting by including break for examplehere is simple interactive loop ( variant breakcontinuepassand the loop else