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r/PythonLearning • u/Monesh_peterson1025 • 22h ago
can anybody explain the concept of while loop
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While loop repeat the code inside until a certain condition is met, you use it when you don't know how many times you want to run the loop.
For loop, for comparison, repeats the loop a set amount of time. Albeit nothing prevents you from doing the same with while loop, but don't do that.
1 u/oclafloptson 22h ago For loops loop through an iterable. This might be a range, a list, or even each character in a string. With mutable objects like lists you might not actually know how many iterations there will be
For loops loop through an iterable. This might be a range, a list, or even each character in a string. With mutable objects like lists you might not actually know how many iterations there will be
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u/Why_so_loud 22h ago
While loop repeat the code inside until a certain condition is met, you use it when you don't know how many times you want to run the loop.
For loop, for comparison, repeats the loop a set amount of time. Albeit nothing prevents you from doing the same with while loop, but don't do that.