Lesson 16 · A cycle that ends

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The third way to repeat, for when you don't know how many loops you'll need: the cycle repeats while a condition is met, and stops when it's no longer met.

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Do a countdown. Start n at five and repeat the loop while n is greater than zero, subtracting one each second.

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