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Day 18-Python While Loop

The document explains the concept of while loops in Python, which execute statements as long as a condition is true, and introduces the use of an else statement with while loops. It also describes how to emulate a do-while loop in Python using an infinite while loop with a break statement. Examples are provided to illustrate the functionality of both while and do-while loops.

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Day 18-Python While Loop

The document explains the concept of while loops in Python, which execute statements as long as a condition is true, and introduces the use of an else statement with while loops. It also describes how to emulate a do-while loop in Python using an infinite while loop with a break statement. Examples are provided to illustrate the functionality of both while and do-while loops.

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Day 18-Python while Loop

As the name suggests, while loops execute statements while the condition is True. As
soon as the condition becomes False, the interpreter comes out of the while loop.

Example:

count = 5
while (count > 0):
print(count)
count = count - 1

Output:

5
4
3
2
1

Here, the count variable is set to 5 which decrements after each iteration. Depending
upon the while loop condition, we need to either increment or decrement the counter
variable (the variable count, in our case) or the loop will continue forever.

Else with While Loop

We can even use the else statement with the while loop. Essentially what the else
statement does is that as soon as the while loop condition becomes False, the
interpreter comes out of the while loop and the else statement is executed.

Example:

x = 5
while (x > 0):
print(x)
x = x - 1
else:
print('counter is 0')
Output:

5
4
3
2
1
counter is 0

Do-While loop in python


do..while is a loop in which a set of instructions will execute at least once (irrespective of
the condition) and then the repetition of loop's body will depend on the condition
passed at the end of the while loop. It is also known as an exit-controlled loop.

How to emulate do while loop in python?

To create a do while loop in Python, you need to modify the while loop a bit in order to
get similar behavior to a do while loop.

The most common technique to emulate a do-while loop in Python is to use an infinite
while loop with a break statement wrapped in an if statement that checks a given
condition and breaks the iteration if that condition becomes true:

Example

while True:
number = int(input("Enter a positive number: "))
print(number)
if not number > 0:
break

Output

Enter a positive number: 1


1
Enter a positive number: 4
4
Enter a positive number: -1
-1
Explanation

This loop uses True as its formal condition. This trick turns the loop into an infinite loop.
Before the conditional statement, the loop runs all the required processing and updates
the breaking condition. If this condition evaluates to true, then the break statement
breaks out of the loop, and the program execution continues its normal path.

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