How to break two nested loops at the same time in python?

Question

For Example:-

for i in range(4):
for j in range(1,5):
if i + j == 5:
break

I want to stop this function once i+j is 5. But the break statement only stops one loop.
How can i break both loops......???

Answer 1

If you put the nested loops together in a comprehension and a regular for loop, this should work (the comprehension creates number pairs and returned it as a pair of tuple). I found something similar with this principle in stack oveflow, and adapted it to this:

for pair in [(i, j) for i in range(4) for j in range(1,5)]:
print(pair) # for test only
if sum(pair) == 5:
break

An other solution could be to put the loops in a function, that can break both loops by using return.

Answer 2

To add a dirty solution, put loop into try-except block.

try:
for i in range(4):
for j in range(1,5):
assert i + j != 5
except AssertionError:
pass

Answer 3

You can also add the same statement to the other loop also.
Although, they are nested but they'll always be 2 loops not 1