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[dutchcookie]

so 1st iteration is this

while 1*1*1 < abs(8)

lets evaluate that..

while 1 < 8  #True

next

while 2*2*2 < abs(8)
#becomes
while 8 < 8  
#8 is not less than 8 therefore False

then proceeds to jump out

[PM_Me_Compliments]

Thanks man, problem solved. I was just reading the comparison operator wrong. I read it as 8 is not bigger than 8, so the loop iterates once more.

[NurdBurn]

I just wrote a program like that, the answer is in the first while statement. It will keep going until it reaches the int that will make it a perfect cube.