while — Easy Playground

Starts a loop that repeats as long as its condition is true

Python Playground

count = 0
while count < 5:
    print(count)
    count += 1

# Sum until threshold
total = 0
n = 1
while total < 100:
    total += n
    n += 1
print(f"Sum reached {total} after adding {n-1} numbers")

Output

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while repeats its body as long as the condition is True. Make sure the condition eventually becomes False or you get an infinite loop.

Challenge

Try modifying the code above to explore different behaviors. Can you extend the example to handle a new use case?

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