From 6adbf5f0cbb0e08dcdab1bb5ff76aed5b02b383c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RPBot <bot@realpython.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:50:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Sync python-while-loop with the maintenance update of Python
 while Loops: Repeating Tasks Conditionally

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 python-while-loop/break.py      |  9 +++++++++
 python-while-loop/connection.py |  2 +-
 python-while-loop/continue.py   |  9 +++++++++
 python-while-loop/for_loop.py   |  4 ++--
 python-while-loop/guess.py      | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 python-while-loop/break.py
 create mode 100644 python-while-loop/continue.py
 create mode 100644 python-while-loop/guess.py

diff --git a/python-while-loop/break.py b/python-while-loop/break.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23aa933a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-while-loop/break.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+number = 6
+
+while number > 0:
+    number -= 1
+    if number == 2:
+        break
+    print(number)
+
+print("Loop ended")
diff --git a/python-while-loop/connection.py b/python-while-loop/connection.py
index 859f1c03e5..cb90ef8fc5 100644
--- a/python-while-loop/connection.py
+++ b/python-while-loop/connection.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     attempts += 1
     print(f"Attempt {attempts}: Connecting to the server...")
     # Simulating a connection scenario
-    time.sleep(0.5)
+    time.sleep(0.3)
     if random.choice([False, False, False, True]):
         print("Connection successful!")
         break
diff --git a/python-while-loop/continue.py b/python-while-loop/continue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cc564aeac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-while-loop/continue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+number = 6
+
+while number > 0:
+    number -= 1
+    if number == 2:
+        continue
+    print(number)
+
+print("Loop ended")
diff --git a/python-while-loop/for_loop.py b/python-while-loop/for_loop.py
index ea022560b2..ae0ea6bb5a 100644
--- a/python-while-loop/for_loop.py
+++ b/python-while-loop/for_loop.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 requests = ["first request", "second request", "third request"]
 
-print("\nWith a for-loop")
+print("\nWith a for loop")
 for request in requests:
     print(f"Handling {request}")
 
 
-print("\nWith a while-loop")
+print("\nWith a while loop")
 it = iter(requests)
 while True:
     try:
diff --git a/python-while-loop/guess.py b/python-while-loop/guess.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38494e2bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-while-loop/guess.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from random import randint
+
+LOW, HIGH = 1, 10
+
+secret_number = randint(LOW, HIGH)
+clue = ""
+
+# Game loop
+while True:
+    guess = input(f"Guess a number between {LOW} and {HIGH} {clue} ")
+    number = int(guess)
+    if number > secret_number:
+        clue = f"(less than {number})"
+    elif number < secret_number:
+        clue = f"(greater than {number})"
+    else:
+        break
+
+print(f"You guessed it! The secret number is {number}")