while

Description

Executes block of code repeatedly while the specified condition is True.

Syntax

while condition:

suite

else:

suite

condition

Any expression that has a Boolean value.

else

Optional. Indicates block of code executed when loop terminates without calling break statement.

suite

Block of code to be executed.

Remarks

The while statement provides an iterative condition based loop. The suite is executed repeatedly as long as expression is True. The test on expression takes place before each execution of statement.

Example

>>> i = 0
>>> while i < 3:
...     print i
...     i = i + 1
...
0
1
2

See Also

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