Python : 'break' outside loop Error in a While loop-CodePudding

I've researched this problem but can't find a solution. As far as I know, my break statement is in my while loop, but I still get the Syntax error.

entered_number = 1

while entered_number >=0 :
    entered_number = int(input ("Number to add :"))
    sum  = entered_number
    print("Entered number :",entered_number,"\nSum up til now:", sum)
else:
    print("The Final sum is :", sum)
    break

I know another solution to make my code work, but don't understand why this does not?

Thank you

CodePudding user response：

Actually I figured out that the else statement does not need break to get out of the loop...

CodePudding user response：

Your break statement is not inside the loop. It’s in the scope of the else statement, but not in the scope of your while loop

CodePudding user response：

A break statement must be inside a loop. In your example, it isn't, it's in the else block (the fact that the else is associated with a loop is inconsequential.

Then again, the else clause will only be executed once, so there isn't much of a point to having a break statement there anyway. Just remove it and you should be OK.