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i need help on a python code project for a countdown output.

I was asked to use a while loop to make a countdown this is the code I wrote number = int(input()) #use a while loop for the countdown while number > 0: print(number) number = number - 1 and the expected output was supposed to be (e.g. if the user input is 5 the output should look this) 5 4 3 2 1 0 but my output doesn't end with 0 and i don't why. please i need help

26th Mar 2024, 6:28 PM
Favour Agu
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Your code first prints the number, then decreases by 1. So when number becomes 1, is printed, then becomes 0. But then the loop stops because 0 > 0 is false. So you need to make sure that it will still be true for number = 0.
26th Mar 2024, 6:39 PM
Lisa
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The reason your output is not ending with 0 is because your while loop stops when number is equal to 0, but it doesn't print 0 because the loop stops before it reaches that point. To include 0 in the output, you can modify your loop condition. Here's the corrected code:number = int(input()) # use a while loop for the countdown while number >= 0: # Changed condition to include 0 print(number) number = number - 1 Now, when you input 5, for example, the output will be:5 4 3 2 1 0 Now the loop will run until number becomes 0, and it will print 0 as well before ending.
28th Mar 2024, 2:25 PM
Alberto Iannucci
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You have to modify the while loop by changing the condition as: while number >= 0
28th Mar 2024, 5:56 PM
Keval Agrawal
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thanks guys i really appreciate.
28th Mar 2024, 8:15 PM
Favour Agu
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The condition while loop must be while number >= 0 because the loop will stop when number > 0
27th Mar 2024, 7:28 PM
Bandar Al-Salem
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