A **`break` statement** in Python exits out of a loop. This statement is used under your loop statement, usually after a conditional `if` statement. It will terminate the loop that contains it, and control of the program flows to the statement immediately after the body of the loop.
# `break` statement in a nested loop
If the `break` statement is inside a #key# nested loop: a loop inside of another loop #key#, the `break` statement will terminate the innermost loop.

# Syntax
```
break 
```


# Code
The following code will help you understand how to use a `break` statement to exit a loop. 

num = 0

for num in range(6):
    if num == 3:
        break    # exit out of loop here

    print('The value of num is ' + str(num))

print('Exited loop')

In this program, we iterate through the integer `num` which has been initialized to 0. We check if `num` is equal to 3, upon which we break from the loop. Hence, all `num` values from `num` equal to '0' to `num` equal to '2' get printed. After that, the loop terminates.



How to break out of a loop in Python

A break statement exits a loop when a condition is met, terminating the innermost loop.

How to break out of a loop in Python

break statement in a nested loop

Syntax

Code

`break` statement in a nested loop