[SNIPPED] > > Always use a while loop in this situation, This is excellent advice. Use a for loop in two situations: 1. Iterating a fixed(known) number of times 2. Iterating through the contents of any container
Use a while loop to iterate as long as a condition applies. > regardless of whether or not > teachers put stupid artificial constraints on your code, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > such as banning the use of len(). There may be legitimate learning outcomes for a teacher to specify such conditions. In this case, learning to use a counter that is incremented under certain conditions. I would hesitate to condemn in such strong terms without knowing more background. Asokan Pichai _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
