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While loop decrement variable

Hi folks, When I modify the while loop to decrement value, it just shows nothing at all. Is there any trick that I am missing? Original code: i = 1 while i <=5: print(i) i = i + 1 Modified code: i = 5 while i <=1: print(i) i = i - 1

18th Dec 2017, 1:57 PM
Mehmet Ali
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2 Answers
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Your 2nd while loop condition is false hence it does not run. change it to something where it is true like below i = 5 while i > 0 # will run till i is more than 0 print(i) i -= 1 # shortcut for i = i - 1 Your 2nd code i = 5 while i <= 1 # i will always be more than 1 hence did not run print (i) i -= 1
18th Dec 2017, 2:00 PM
Lord Krishna
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Thanks for the reply. I modified while statement to bigger than or equal (i>=1) and then it worked. I got the logic behind my mistake. Thanks in advance.
18th Dec 2017, 2:08 PM
Mehmet Ali
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