while_statements.ipynb

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      "# while Statement\n",
      "\n",
      "This snippit was written by [Chris R. Albon](http://www.chrisralbon.com/) and is part of his collection of [well-documented Python snippits](https://github.com/chrisalbon/code_py). All code is written in Python 3 in iPython notebook and offered under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).\n",
      "\n",
      "Based on: A Byte of Python"
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     "source": [
      "## While loops until a condition is true."
     ]
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     "source": [
      "### Import the random module."
     ]
    },
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     "input": [
      "import random"
     ],
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     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 2
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     "source": [
      "### Create a variable of the true number of deaths of an event."
     ]
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      "deaths = 6"
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     "prompt_number": 3
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     "source": [
      "### Create a variable that is denotes if the while loop for keep running."
     ]
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     "input": [
      "running = True"
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     "source": [
      "### while running is True"
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      "while running:\n",
      "    # Create a variable that randomly create a integer between 0 and 10.\n",
      "    guess = random.randint(0,10)\n",
      "\n",
      "    # if guess equals deaths,\n",
      "    if guess == deaths:\n",
      "        # then print this\n",
      "        print('Correct!')\n",
      "        # and then also change running to False to stop the script\n",
      "        running = False\n",
      "    # else if guess is lower than deaths\n",
      "    elif guess < deaths:\n",
      "        # then print this\n",
      "        print('No, it is higher.')\n",
      "    # if guess is none of the above\n",
      "    else:\n",
      "        # print this\n",
      "        print('No, it is lower')"
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        "No, it is lower\n",
        "No, it is higher.\n",
        "Correct!\n"
       ]
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     "prompt_number": 5
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     "source": [
      "By the output, you can see that the while script keeping generating guesses and checking them until guess matches deaths, in which case the script stops."
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