Discussion Due Feb 24

There are two types of common loops in Python

"While Loops" and "For Loops"

If you wish to repeat a process until a certain requirement is met then it is best to use a "While Loop"

Consider we wish to sum up the values 1-5:

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x = 0
sum_total = 0

while x <=5:
    sum_total = sum_total + x
    x = x+1

This Code will repeat WHILE $x<=5$

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print (sum_total)

15

15 is correctly produced by this code

What about using a FOR loop?

A "For Loop" is best when you know the number of iterations you want your code to run

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sum_tot=0

for n in range (1,6):
    sum_tot= sum_tot +n
print (sum_tot)

15

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