Title: while Statement
Slug: while_statements
Summary: while Statement
Date: 2016-05-01 12:00
Category: Python
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon

A while loop loops while a condition is true, stops when the condition becomes false

Import the random module



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import random

Create a variable of the true number of deaths of an event



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deaths = 6

Create a variable that is denotes if the while loop should keep running



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running = True

while running is True



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while running:
    # Create a variable that randomly create a integer between 0 and 10.
    guess = random.randint(0,10)

    # if guess equals deaths,
    if guess == deaths:
        # then print this
        print('Correct!')
        # and then also change running to False to stop the script
        running = False
    # else if guess is lower than deaths
    elif guess < deaths:
        # then print this
        print('No, it is higher.')
    # if guess is none of the above
    else:
        # print this
        print('No, it is lower')









    



No, it is higher.
No, it is higher.
Correct!

By the output, you can see that the while script keeping generating guesses and checking them until guess matches deaths, in which case the script stops.