Week 5

Question 1

How do you make a choice between multiple options depending on a statement?

Answer 1

"elif"
e.g.
if condition 1:
   do thing 1
elif condition 2:
   do thing 2
.....
else:
   do thing N

Question 2

What is the purpose of loops?

Answer 2

Allows an operation to be done multiple times without writing a line of code multiple times

Question 3

What does the while loop do?

Answer 3

e.g.
while condition:
do thing X
It keeps repeating thing X as long as condition remains true

Question 4

When does a loop become infinite?

Answer 4

If the condition never becomes false

Question 5

What should you first do with your loop?

Answer 5

Make sure it runs the way you want (initialise sentry)

Question 6

When do numbers (float and int) evaluate to False?

Answer 6

If they are 0. Otherwise it is True

Question 7

When do strings evaluate to False?

Answer 7

If it is an empty string (“ “). Otherwise it is true