2007/5/12, Alan Gilfoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> How do you 'tell' Python to repeat a certain action X amount of times,
> and then stop.
>
> I could use a 'counter' (see below), but that seems kind of clunky.
>
>
>
> counter = 0
> example = True
> while example:
>
> print "Do something"
> counter += 1
>
> if counter == 100:
> example = False
You can use a for loop:
for i in range(100):
print "Do something"
Your own code is unnecessary wordy too, by the way. The same thing can
be done with:
counter = 0
while counter < 100:
print "Do something"
counter += 1
but of course the 'for' solution is still shorter than this.
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Andre Engels, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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