Is there a difference between `continue` and `pass` in a for loop in python?

Question

Is there any significant difference between the two python keywords continue and pass like in the examples

for element in some_list         


        

Answer 1

Yes, there is a difference. continue forces the loop to start at the next iteration while pass means "there is no code to execute here" and will continue through the remainder or the loop body.

Run these and see the difference:

for element in some_list:
    if not element:
        pass
    print 1 # will print after pass

for element in some_list:
   if not element:
       continue
   print 1 # will not print after continue