the following steps help you see how the continue clause differs from the break clause in this casethe code refuses to process the letter wbut will process every other letter in the alphabet this example also appears with the downloadable source code as forcontinue py open python file window you see an editor in which you can type the example code type the following code into the window -pressing enter after each lineletternum for letter in "howdy!"if letter =" "continue print("encountered wnot processed "print("letter "letternumis "letterletternum+= this example is based on the one found in the "creating basic for loopsectionearlier in this howeverthis example adds an if statement with the continue clause in the if code block notice the print(function that is part of the if code block you never see this string printed because the current loop iteration ends immediately choose runrun module you see python shell window open the application displays the letter sequence along with the letter numberas shown in figure - howevernotice the effect of the continue clause -the letter isn' processed figure - use the continue clause to avoid processing specific elements