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Python Introducing Lists Build an Application Display the List

mohan Abdul
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why does show command end up in list if you don't use continue?

why does show command end up in list if you don't use continue?

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Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
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The "continue" statement causes the loop to start over (right after the "while") immediately. Without it, the code continues down to where the word typed gets added to the list, and then the loop restarts.