Question

6.00 introuduction to computing problem set 1, question 3 . Hey there , i have been working on the thrid problem . after a while i checked the answer. i am reading through it just now . one thing that i am confused about is the true statements in the while loop. the balance = original balance . but the balance changes inside the for loop . would this not exit the while loop ?. Or does anything that happens inside the for loop not effect the while loop ?

Answer 1

could you please link to the solution you are referring to?

Answer 2

i have attached the solotion below

Answer 3

the `while` loop condition is `while True`, so you cannot exit that loop unless you break out of it, return, or throw an error

Answer 4

`True` is always true

Answer 5

you can write a program as follows to convince yourself that `while True` will create an infinite loop:
```
i = 0
while True:
print i
i += 1
```
just be prepared to force quit the program

Answer 6

Ah ok i think i a understand , thanks for that . originally i thought the while true related to the first and and the second lines always being true . This was confusing me as the balancing was changing , meaning it was not true. But i see now that its not related at all. So essentially the while true is an infinite loop that will excute until it encounters a break. I get it now , thanks for your help

Answer 7

you got it :)
welcome!