Practice Using While Loop For Finding Position (13.2.2) - Breaking out of a loop
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Using While Loop for Finding Position

Practice - Using While Loop for Finding Position

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a while loop used for?

💡 Hint: Think about the purpose of repetition in programming.

Question 2 Easy

What does the break statement do?

💡 Hint: Consider how you would stop a process in the middle.

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Question 1

What is the purpose of a while loop?

To loop a fixed number of times
To ensure code runs at least once
To execute code as long as a condition is true

💡 Hint: Consider how loops can behave if we don't know the number of iterations in advance.

Question 2

Does the break statement prevent the else clause from executing?

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about what breaking means in the context of looping.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Create a findpos function that should return the last position of a value in a list instead of the first one. Discuss the differences in logic.

💡 Hint: You need to continuously track the position of the found value.

Challenge 2 Hard

Refactor your previous while loop for findpos into a recursive function. What considerations must you take into account?

💡 Hint: Think of how to manage recursion depth and base cases.

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