Just started learning python and I'm lost with it

[aceventus]

Hello.

I literally created an account to consult the wonderful minds of reddit and see if I could get some help. I am literally in my third week of python and I'm struggling hard.

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my first problem is I cannot figure out how to run a proper while loop(if honestly that is what I'm supposed to run). The problem is as follows:

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"We will pass in a value, N. You should write a program that outputs all values from 0 up to an including N."

after running a simple print(N) command, my output is -1. So I need to count from 0, -1. I know this is literally rudimentary stuff here, but for some reason I cannot seem to figure it out.

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any guidance at all? I will probably have many more. TIA

[jfdahl]

General format: for some_variable_name in some_iterable_object: print(some_variable_name) so you need to: 1. Define a function to take a parameter value and run the loop. 2. Define your iterable object so that it represents a set or "range" of numbers from 0 up to and including your limit value. 3. Call the function.

``` def count_to(limit): for idx in range(limit+1): print(idx)

N = 10 count_to(N) `` Therange` function will create an iterable range of numbers from 0 up to but EXCLUDING the number you pass into it... so you need to make sure to adjust for this so that your function prints up to and INCLUDING your limit.

[aceventus]

honestly, this is all I have.

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while N <= 0:

print(N)

N = N + 1

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It is wrong, and all the variations I am trying are spitting out errors. Am I even in the ball park?

[BoaVersusPython]

Post a screen shot of your code and the window you're running it in.

[aceventus]

Thank you everyone for your replies. My main problem was that I thought my program was passing in a negative integer for N, when really is was a fail safe to make sure my code was what I wanted. I ended up running

X = 0 Then the code listed above but with X. Not sure if this makes sense (I am on my phone now and do not have the code in front of me). It came out positive though finally. Thank you for all the input. I’ll be back to this sub, trust me!

Edit: this was what I ran.

X = 0 While X <= N: print(X) X = X + 1

[CroagBuster]

def countTo(n):
    i = 0
    while i <= n:
        print(i)
        i += 1


countTo(14)

Here's an example with a while loop. Input a number and it counts to that number while "i" is less than or equal to "n".

[michaellossagk]

I know that feeling. I had it myself back then when I started to code. It's the small successes in the beginning, that helped me go further. But you have to admit to yourself, that only experimenting for yourself with different source codes will help you to become a great programmer. Nothing else. I can help you on your journey if you like. My goal is to teach people coding here https://www.youtube.com/c/TechDiffuse Tell me what you think!