Difference between continue and pass in Python

Using the continue statement

A continue statement is used within a for loop to skip the remainder of the current iteration. Essentially, the continue statement will simply skip to the next iteration.

A normal for loop that prints the current index i:

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for i in range(3):
    print(i)

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The same for loop, with a conditional and a continue:

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for i in range(3):
    if i == 1:
        continue
    print(i)

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On the second iteration of the for loop (when i = 1), the continue statement stopped the current iteration and “continued” to the next.

Using the pass statement

As implied by the name, the pass state does nothing.

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for i in range(3):
    if i == 1:
        pass
    print(i)

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This is most useful when defining placeholders for future code to satisfy the interpreter.

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def func():
    pass