finallynotice that python doesn' have what some languages call "do untilloop statement howeverwe can simulate one with test and break at the bottom of the loop bodyso that the loop' body is always run at least oncewhile trueloop body if exittest()break to fully understand how this structure workswe need to move on to the next section and learn more about the break statement breakcontinuepassand the loop else now that we've seen few python loops in actionit' time to take look at two simple statements that have purpose only when nested inside loops--the break and con tinue statements while we're looking at oddballswe will also study the loop else clause here because it is intertwined with breakand python' empty placeholder statementpass (which is not tied to loops per sebut falls into the general category of simple one-word statementsin pythonbreak jumps out of the closest enclosing loop (past the entire loop statementcontinue jumps to the top of the closest enclosing loop (to the loop' header linepass does nothing at allit' an empty statement placeholder loop else block runs if and only if the loop is exited normally ( without hitting breakgeneral loop format factoring in break and continue statementsthe general format of the while loop looks like thiswhile teststatements if testbreak if testcontinue elsestatements exit loop nowskip else if present go to top of loop nowto test run if we didn' hit 'breakbreak and continue statements can appear anywhere inside the while (or forloop' bodybut they are usually coded further nested in an if test to take action in response to some condition breakcontinuepassand the loop else