== Why is this an issue?

`break` and `continue` are control flow statements used inside of loops. `break` is used to break out of its innermost enclosing loop and `continue` will continue with the next iteration. 

The example below illustrates the use of `break` in a `while` loop:

[source,python]
----
n = 1
while n < 10:
    if n % 3 == 0:
      print("Found a number divisible by 3", n)
      break
    n = n + 1 
----

This next example uses `continue` inside a `for` loop:

[source,python]
----
words = ["alice", "bob", "charlie"]
for word in words:
    if word == word[::-1]:
        print("Found a palindrome", word)
        continue
    print("This is not a palindrome", word)
----

Python will raise a `SyntaxError` when `break` or `continue` are used outside of `for` or `while` loops. 

If the goal is to interrupt the main program flow, `quit()`, `exit()`, `os._exit()` and `sys.exit()` are the preferred way. 

=== Code examples

==== Noncompliant code example

[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant]
----
narg=len(sys.argv)
if narg == 1:
    print('@Usage: input_filename nelements nintervals')
    break
----

==== Compliant solution

[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
----
narg=len(sys.argv)
if narg == 1:
    print('@Usage: input_filename nelements nintervals')
    sys.exit()
----

== Resources

=== Documentation

* https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#break-and-continue-statements-and-else-clauses-on-loops[break and continue Statements]

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== Comments And Links
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=== is related to: S910

=== on 4 Nov 2014, 15:59:14 Ann Campbell wrote:
pylint:E0103

=== on 9 May 2016, 15:41:47 Evgeny Mandrikov wrote:
I don't know any C/{cpp} compiler, which will allow to use "continue" outside of loop and "break" outside of switch and loop, hence not applicable.

=== on 9 May 2016, 15:44:26 Evgeny Mandrikov wrote:
Note that PC-Lint error codes from 1 to 199 for C and from 1001 to 1199 for {cpp} are syntax errors.

=== on 16 May 2016, 17:06:00 Ann Campbell wrote:
\[~evgeny.mandrikov] I guess this means that PC-Lint doesn't expect compilable code?

=== on 16 May 2016, 17:14:19 Evgeny Mandrikov wrote:
\[~ann.campbell.2] I suppose that it expects for proper analysis in general, but when this is not the case it generates more precise "parse error".

=== on 16 May 2016, 17:50:32 Ann Campbell wrote:
For the record PC-Lint rules in these ranges are Syntax errors: 1-199, 1001-1199.

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