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Understanding Python While Loops

A while loop in Python is a control structure that executes a block of code repeatedly as long as a specified condition is true. It consists of four main parts: initialization, condition, body, and update, with the potential for infinite loops if the update is neglected. The document also explains the use of 'break' and 'continue' statements within while loops with examples.

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Understanding Python While Loops

A while loop in Python is a control structure that executes a block of code repeatedly as long as a specified condition is true. It consists of four main parts: initialization, condition, body, and update, with the potential for infinite loops if the update is neglected. The document also explains the use of 'break' and 'continue' statements within while loops with examples.

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While Loop in Python

🔹 1. What is While Loop?


👉 A while loop is a control structure that repeats a block of code as long as a condition is
True.
It checks the condition before each repetition.

Syntax:

while condition:
# statements

✅ If the condition is True, code runs.


❌ If the condition is False, loop stops.

Example:
count = 1
while count <= 5:
print("Hello", count)
count = count + 1

Output:

Hello 1
Hello 2
Hello 3
Hello 4
Hello 5

🔹 2. Parts of While Loop


A while loop has 4 main parts:

1. Initialization – set starting value.


Example: count = 1
2. Condition – checked before each iteration.
Example: count <= 5
3. Body – code to run repeatedly.
Example: print("Hello", count)
4. Update/Change – update loop variable, otherwise infinite loop.
Example: count = count + 1

🔹 3. Analysis of While Loop


Let’s analyze the above example step by step:

 Start → count = 1
 Check count <= 5 → True → Run body → Print Hello 1 → Update to 2
 Check count <= 5 → True → Print Hello 2 → Update to 3
 … continues until count = 6
 Now condition 6 <= 5 → False → Loop stops ✅

🔹 4. Each Part Explained with Example


🟢 Initialization
i = 1 # loop starts from 1

🟢 Condition
while i <= 5: # loop runs until i becomes greater than 5

🟢 Body
print(i) # code inside loop

🟢 Update
i = i + 1 # increase i each time

Full Example:
i = 1
while i <= 5:
print(i)
i = i + 1

Output:

1
2
3
4
5

🔹 5. Infinite Loop (⚠️)


If you forget to update the variable, loop never ends.

x = 1
while x <= 5:
print("Hi")

👉 This will print "Hi" forever because x never changes.

🔹 6. Break and Continue with While Loop


Example with break:
i = 1
while i <= 10:
if i == 5:
break
print(i)
i += 1

Output:

1
2
3
4

Example with continue:


i = 0
while i < 5:
i += 1
if i == 3:
continue
print(i)

Output:

1
2
4
5

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