Trouble with Loops in Python

you mean while loops?

wait til you find out about recursion lol.

may want to step back and explore if/else, booleans and truthy/falsey values in python. then im sure there is a decent video on youtube that breaks down while loops in python's syntax.

If you give me an example of a simple while loop, I’ll let you know.

Is the number even or odd, with the option to test another number or exit.

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continue = True

while continue:
....value = int(input("Enter a number: ")
....if value % 2 == 0:
........print(f"{value} is even")
....else:
........print(f"{value} is odd")
....user_response = input("Would you like to test another number? y/n ")
....if user_response == "n":
........continue = False
........print("Exiting...")

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Or an alternative way to do the last if condition

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....if user_response == "n":
........print("Exiting...")
........break

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As someone who comes from a c background... I hate python

While loops are a fundamental building block in basically all programming language. So if you keep solving then you will need them.

Generally you are correct keep looping until some condition is true. Granted it gets more complicated down the road. And also you usually don't want a while loop running wide open checking for a condition due to performance reasons, but that can be language dependent

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Data Science and then Computer Science for the first time.

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I'm a big fan of OCW from MIT. This looks like it might be a good starting point for you:
Introductory Programming

I think 6.0001 is a much better option than Harvard's CS50.

ETA: most OCW lectures and recitation sections are on YouTube, FWIW.

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Why are MIT lectures better than Harvard?

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Part of my job involves bringing new users up to speed with scientific computing. I've gone through 4 or 5 online courses in Python and R (topics I'm already familiar with) just to help me figure out effective ways to teach beginners.

When I went through the CS50 set, it covered (IMO) too many topics superficially -- it went through several different languages. The MIT course sticks with Python, and uses it to introduce fundamental CS topics, and programming idioms that are language-agnostic.

I think sticking with one language for that is easier to get into and retain for the online students. CS50 just seemed too scatter-shot for me.

That was a few years ago; I haven't looked at it recently.

CS50 seemed to me to be a class for someone who has to take what might be their only computer course; 6.0001 seemed to be a class for people who wanted to start learning CS with no prior experience.

I took CS 1301 (Intro to Python) from Georgia Tech before starting my Masters and found it pretty useful too FWIW