Break and Continue: While Loops

[alister]

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 21:17:03 -0700, Elizabeth Weiss wrote:

> CODE #1:
> 
> i=0 while 1==1:
>    print(i)
>    i=i+1 if i>=5:
>      print("Breaking") break
> 
> ------
> I understand that i=0 and i will only be printed if 1=1 The results of
> this is 0
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> Breaking
> 
> Why is Breaking going to be printed if i only goes up to 4? It does say
> if i>=5? Shouldn't this mean that the results should be:
> 0
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
> 
> CODE #2:
> 
> i=0 while True:
>    i=i+1
>   if i==2:
>      print("Skipping 2")
>      continue
>   if i==5:
>      print("Breaking") break
>    print(i)
> 
> ------
> 
> Questions:
> 1. what does the word True have to do with anything here?
> 2. i=i+1- I never understand this. Why isn't it i=i+2?
> 3. Do the results not include 2 of 5 because we wrote if i==2 and if
> i==5?
> 4. How is i equal to 2 or 5 if i=0?
> 
> Thanks for all of your help!

unrelated to your question

while 1==1

Don't do this.

code 2 you correctly use while True

to see the problem with your code
try following it through line by line with a pen & paper
writing the value for I each time it is changed.
(this is known in the trade as a "Dry Run")





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