Python Tutorial: Python While Loops and Statements?

Python Loops

Python has two primitive loop commands:

With the while loop, we can execute a set of statements as long as a condition is true.

Print I as long as i is less than 6:

i = 1
while i < 6:
  print(i)
  i += 1

Note: remember to increment I, or else the loop will continue forever.

The while loop requires relevant variables to be ready, in this example, we need to define an indexing variable, i, which we set to 1.

With the break statement we can stop the loop even if the while condition is true:

Exit the loop when i is 3:

i = 1
while i < 6:
  print(i)
  if i == 3:
    break
  i += 1

With the continue statement we can stop the current iteration, and continue with the next:

Continue to the next iteration if i is 3:

i = 0
while i < 6:
  i += 1 
  if i == 3:
    continue
  print(i)