[Tutor] infinite while loop

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I put the following line right under the while loop, and at the same indentation as the for loop:

	print("In while, the previous balance is: {}.".format(previousBalance))

Maybe give that a try and see what it tells you?

Leam

On 10/2/21 4:13 AM, Marcus Lütolf wrote:
> Thank you.
> The previousBalance is set back to 1000 after each run oft he for loop intentionally for the
> following for loops should run with minimumFixedMonthlyPayment each time increased by 10
> til previousBalance get's negative.
> 
> The while loop  should then stop, when   previousBalance  gets smaller than 0 but it doesn't.
> Might it be a problem of scope ?
> 
> 
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Susana <lists at linguarum.net>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 1. Oktober 2021 20:47
> An: marcus.luetolf at bluewin.ch
> Cc: tutor at python.org
> Betreff: Re: [Tutor] infinite while loop
> 
> Hi,
> 
> "previousBalance" reaches while condition (< 0.0) inside the for loop, but then it is set to the value of "balance" in the line:
> 
> previousBalance = balance
> 
> So I think that "previousBalance" is always 1000 when the while condition is checked.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Cheers,
> 

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