Python - `break` out of all loops

Question

I am using multiple nested for loops. In the last loop there is an if statement. When evaluated to True all the for loops should stop, but that does not happen. It only breaks out of the innermost for loop, and than it keeps on going. I need all loops to come to a stop if the break statement is encountered.

My code:

for i in range(1, 1001):
    for i2 in range(i, 1001):
        for i3 in range(i2, 1001):
            if i*i + i2*i2 == i3*i3 and i + i2 + i3 == 1000:
                print i*i2*i3
                break

Answer 1

You should put your loops inside a function and then return:

def myfunc():
    for i in range(1, 1001):
        for i2 in range(i, 1001):
            for i3 in range(i2, 1001):
                if i*i + i2*i2 == i3*i3 and i + i2 + i3 == 1000:
                    print i*i2*i3
                    return # Exit the function (and stop all of the loops)
myfunc() # Call the function

Using return immediately exits the enclosing function. In the process, all of the loops will be stopped.