How can I fix 'continue not properly in loop' error in my Python while loop?

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I’m trying to make it so that my program will write the input again if the answer isn’t within 5 to 10 but when I try to use while True and continue it says that the continue is not properly in loop. It only fixes when I take away the space infront of the line but that creates an "syntax error" on the "else:" line.
I cannot move the "continue" forward one space or more or backwards any spaces either. same for the "while True" line.

`import random`
`number = random.randint(5,10)`
`name1 = input("What is your name? ")`
`while True:`
  `guess2 = int(input("Pick a number between 5 and 10n"))`

`if guess2 <5 or guess2 >10:`
  `print("this isn't a number between 5 and 10 please try again.") `
 ` continue`

`else:`
 `print("nYour guess was", guess2)` 
 `print("the computer guessed", number)`

`if guess2 != number:`
 ` print(name1 + " you have lost try again")`
`else:`
` print(name1 + " you have Won the game try again if you want to")`

`print("nNAME:",name1,"nUSER GUESS:",guess2,"nCOMPUTER CHOICE:",number,"nGAME OVER")`

I have tried looking up an explanation but to no avail since they don’t work either.

Asked By: viktor

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Answer 1

Continue is a statement for flow control, used to continue the iteration over the next value. In this case, it’s used in a for loop.

for number in range(10):
    if number % 2 == 0:
        print(f'Number {number} is pair')
        continue
    print(f'Number {number} is not pair')

In this case, everytime you find a pair number it will continue and not print the second statement. Inside functions where you need to return something and then the iteration stops, it’s pretty usefull.

def find_the_first_odd_number(sequence_long: int):
    for number in range(sequence_long):
        if number % 2 == 0:
            continue
        else:
            return number
first_odd = find_the_first_odd_number(10)
print(first_odd)

If you don’t have a for loop and you want to not do anything, the propper statement is "pass" to continue the flow or break, to stop the process.

Answered By: Jose M. González

How can I fix 'continue not properly in loop' error in my Python while loop?

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