A simple return statement will 'stop' or return the function; in precise terms, it 'returns' function execution to the point at which the function was called - the function is terminated without further action. That means you could have a number of places throughout your function where it might return. Like this:

return None or return can be used to exit out of a function or program, both does the same thing; quit() function can be used, although use of this function is discouraged for making real world applications and should be used only in interpreter.

Jan 26, 2010 · The sys.exit() function raises a SystemExit exception to exit the program, so try statements and cleanup code can execute. The os._exit() version doesn't do this. The os._exit() version doesn't do this.

Nov 5, 2013 · You can also do it if you use the exit() function in your code. More ideally, you can do sys.exit(). sys.exit() which might terminate Python even if you are running things in parallel through the multiprocessing package. Note: In order to …

Mar 7, 2015 · import threading import time def myfunction(): # subscribe to the long_running_function while True: # subscribe to the long_running_function and get the published data if condition_met: # publish a stop command break time.sleep(1) def long_running_function(): for loop in loops: # subscribe to main thread and check for stop command, if so, break ...

May 10, 2015 · Python exit from all function and stop the execution. 1. How to break a loop using a function. 1. Python 3 ...

The Python library reference explicitly states that those functions should only be used in the interactive interpreter and not in programs. – alldayremix Commented Feb 23, 2013 at 19:54

Dec 20, 2021 · I want to stop the function so I can run a different one, this is my code: from pynput import keyboard import os, sys import pygame import time from pygame import mixer from pynput import mouse from

Sep 16, 2008 · Keep in mind that sys.exit(), exit(), quit(), and os._exit(0) kill the Python interpreter. Therefore, if it appears in a script called from another script by execfile(), it stops execution of both scripts. See "Stop execution of a script called with execfile" to avoid this.

Jul 30, 2014 · In Python, for a toy example: for x in range(0, 3): # Call function A(x) I want to continue the for loop if function A takes more than five seconds by skipping it so I won't get stuck or waste time. By doing some search, I realized a subprocess or thread may help, but I have no idea how to implement it here.