To specify the problem correctly :i apologize for the confusion Having doubts with breaking early from loop . I have folders - 1995,1996 to 2014 . Each folder has xml files. In some xml files the entry - MaxAmdLetterDate is None. I want to proceed to the next file in the folder, instead right now with break , the program execution goes to the next folder and skips all files in that folder when it encounters a break This is the code

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import os
for yrcnt in range(1995,2015):old= old="./old/"+ str(yrcnt)for dirpath, subdirs, files in os.walk(old): #folder name in which subfolder>files are presentprint filesfor filename in files:if filename.endswith(".xml") == True:fl=filenameprint flprint "-----Reading current file -------"  + str(fl)flnm=str(dirpath)+"/"+str(filename)tree1 = ET.parse(flnm)                        #db on systemroot1 = tree1.getroot()for ch1 in root1.findall('Award'):aid1 = ch1.find('AwardID').textmaxdate1=ch1.find('MaxAmdLetterDate').textprint "Max amd date : "+str(maxdate1)if maxdate1==None:break

Help is appreciated .

ORIGINAL POST: My for loop gets an early exit on encountering a break . Any remedies ?

files=[1,2,3,4,5]
for filename in files:print filenameif filename==3:break

o/p:

  123

expected O/p

  1245

Thanks !

EDIT: With some comments such as this is expected function of break . Let me elucidate: I want the function to be similar to a range(0,5) , Iam using this as a part of nested loop where I want the loop to go on , and not exit out due to one file .

This is the way break works. If you want to iterate over the whole list, simply remove the break (or if you want to do something with the value, use pass as a placeholder).

values = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
for value in values:if value == 3:passprint(value)

Output:

1
2
3
4
5  

If you just want to a skip a value, use continue keyword.

values = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
for value in values:if value == 3:continueprint(value)

Output:

1
2
4
5