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I am having trouble getting my while loop to loop over and over again in Python. Here is the
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def roll_dice(num_rolls, dice=six_sided):
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while current_roll < num_rolls:
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accordance with our Cookie Policy. When I debug in PyCharm, in my example when it randomly rolls on current_value = 4, the total
sum = 4 and current_roll = 1 even when the required amount of loops is num_rolls = 5. So, Remote jobs
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your function will return in either the if or else statement, which breaks out of the loop. it seems like python serverless
what you want to do is move your return total_sum statement outside of your while loop. – hkennyv
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when current_roll = 0 < num_rolls = 5 which is True –  sadfoijdsaoiajdf Aug 5 '20 at 16:36 python django

Your while-loop itself is ok, but you do the return too early. The if-else clause with the return statements
should not be indented with the loop, it should only happen after the while-loop has finished. – smci Aug 5 Senior Python Developer - Django
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BTW, you should use for _ in range(num_rolls): rather than a while loop. – Barmar Aug 5 '20 at
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You are right, my bad. I edited my post and moved total_sum out of the while loop now. – Wouter Aug 5 '20 967 How to emulate a do-while loop?
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