I Have A Question About While Loops and Writing One (In A Function) - Beginner

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I have run into a weird problem or maybe something I'm not understanding with this line of code that is kind of bugging me. I couldn't find what I needed online so thought I would ask here. When I was asked to put my while loop in a function I didn't get the result I was after and I'm very confused.

Here is the code I'm trying to mess around with:

def main():
    x = 0
    while(x < 5):
        print(x)
        x = x + 1

The function is supposed to print from (o, 1, 2 ,3, 4,), Instead nothing prints and there is no error in the code, so it makes it even more confusing. Am I missing something? I'm using a newer version of piCharm if that helps.

That function will definitely print 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. However, you have to CALL the function. After you write the function, you need `main()` to force the function to be called. Other notes: It would be easier to use `for x in range(5):`. And we do not use outer parentheses in `if` and `while` statements. That's a leftover from C. — Tim Roberts, Nov 14 '22 at 05:10

kconsiglio · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-14T05:14:03.790

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You have a function but do not call it so the code doesn't execute. You need to call your function main().

def main():
     x = 0
     while(x < 5):
         print(x)
         x = x + 1

main()

edited Nov 14 '22 at 05:14

answered Nov 14 '22 at 05:11

kconsiglio

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