Using a while loop
You're building the recipe scaler and need to count how many guests have confirmed attendance for your pasta party. You've received RSVPs and want to process them one by one using a while loop. You have a variable total_confirmations representing the number of RSVPs received, and you need to count through them to determine the final guest count. This will help you know how much to scale the tomato and basil pasta recipe.
Note that if your while loop takes too long to run, or your session is expiring, you might have created an infinite loop. In particular, remember to indent the contents of the loop using four spaces or auto-indentation, and make sure the conditions are such that the loop has a stopping point.
This exercise is part of the course
Introduction to Python for Developers
Exercise instructions
- Write a while loop that continues as long as
guest_countis less thantotal_confirmations. - Inside the while loop, increment
guest_countby1each time to count another confirmation.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
total_confirmations = 10
guest_count = 0
# Count confirmations using a while loop
while ____:
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print(guest_count, "guests so far!")
print("We have", guest_count, "guests coming!")