Breaking a loop inside another loop

Question

I am trying to break 2 loops in Python, with one loop inside the other. Of course, when you use the break function in a loop it will only break the loop it's in. Here's the code:

while True:   #Want to break this
    x, y, z = sense.get_accelerometer_raw().values()
    x = abs(x)
    y = abs(y)
    z = abs(z)
    sense.show_message(strftime('%H:%M', gmtime()), scroll_speed= 0.05, text_colour=[0, 255, 0], back_colour=[255, 0, 0])
    if x > 2 or y > 2 or z > 2 :   #Want to break this as well
        break #Break goes here??

I want to break the loop started on the top line and the loop started in line 7. How?

newsflash: `if` is _not_ a loop. And remove the irrelevant rasppi & 3.5 tags. — Jean-François Fabre, Oct 25 '16 at 15:33
@Chris_Rands: not even that: it's a duplicate of "how to break from if in Python", but the question doesn't exist! — Jean-François Fabre, Oct 25 '16 at 16:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '16 at 16:13

if is not a loop. If is a statement that takes a boolean (true or false) and executes the code depending on the result.

That being said, what you have written will work.

if x > 2 or y > 2 or z > 2 :   #Want to break this as well
    break #Break goes here??

This code will break the while True loop if x > 2 or y > 2 or z > 2.

Breaking a loop inside another loop

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