Python Programming - Loops - Discussion

The else block in a for loop in Python has a specific behavior: it only executes when the loop completes all its iterations without encountering a break statement.

If a break statement is used to prematurely terminate the loop, the else block is skipped. This is because the break statement interrupts the normal flow of the loop, preventing it from reaching the end.

# Example
for number in range(10):
    if number == 5:
        break
    print(number)
else:
    print("The loop completed normally.")

In this example, the loop iterates from 0 to 9. When number reaches 5, the break statement is executed, and the loop terminates early. As a result, the else block is not executed.