I spent 6 hours yesterday trying to figure out why my loop wouldn't stop.

I was making a simple number guessing game in Python and I forgot to update the variable inside the while loop, so it just kept asking forever.

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joseph_hart2mo ago

Oh man, I feel that! I started adding a simple print statement right before the loop condition to check the variable each time. Seeing it stuck on the same number made the problem obvious in like two minutes. It saves me so much headache now.

the_piper2mo ago

Six hours? That's brutal. We've all been there staring at an infinite loop.

nina1802d ago

Print statements are just treating the symptom @the_piper, the real fix is understanding why your condition logic is wrong.