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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping While Loops

Posted by Minseok Kim
Minseok Kim
2,708 Points

print...

In the code,

password = input("please enter a password: ") while password != "opensesame": password = input ("invalid password, try again: ") print ("welcome to secret town")

why doesn't the "welcome to secret town" print, even if i get the wrong password? I thought since theres no if password = opensesame: print welcome ... printing welcome to secret town would work

1 Answer

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

This happens because your code is in a loop that runs before the print statement. It looks something like this:

get_a_password
run_a_loop_until_password_is_correct
once_done_with_loop_print_statement

In other words, that loop won't allow the code to continue until the loop exits, in this case, that'll only happen if the password is equal to openseasame (or when the password is no longer not openseasame).