Question

Consider the following code segment: theSum = 0.0 while True: number = input("Enter a number: ") if number == ": break theSum += float(number) How many iterations does this loop perform?

Answer 1

n where n is the number of chances user takes to enter a blank number and n>=1.

Explanation:

The loop starts with a universal condition where it is initialized using a true value. Hence the iteration count goes to 1. The user is asked to enter a number after 1st iteration. If number is a blank number, the loop is terminated, else the loop goes on until the users enters a blank number. Hence the iterations depend on the number of chances taken by the user to enter a blank number. Since the user is going to enter a number at least once, the minimum value of n will be 1.