Editing While loop (section)

===Python===
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counter = 5                           # Set the value to 5
factorial = 1                         # Set the value to 1

while counter > 0:                    # While counter(5) is greater than 0
    factorial *= counter              # Set new value of factorial to counter.
    counter -= 1                      # Set the counter to counter - 1.

print(factorial)                      # Print the value of factorial.
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Non-terminating while loop:

<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
while True:
    print("Help! I'm stuck in a loop!")
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