while — Intermediate Playground

Starts a loop that repeats as long as its condition is true

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# Search with break
numbers = [4, 7, 2, 9, 1, 5]
target = 9
i = 0
while i < len(numbers):
    if numbers[i] == target:
        print(f"Found {target} at index {i}")
        break
    i += 1
else:
    print(f"{target} not found")

# while-else runs only if loop completed without break
target = 99
i = 0
while i < len(numbers):
    if numbers[i] == target:
        print(f"Found {target}")
        break
    i += 1
else:
    print(f"{target} not found")

Output

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The else clause of a while loop runs only if the loop completed normally (without break). This is a clean pattern for search loops.

Challenge

Try modifying the code above to explore different behaviors. Can you extend the example to handle a new use case?

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