What are while loops?

A while loop is like a repeating game that keeps going as long as you're having fun.

Imagine you’re playing a game where you jump on a trampoline. You keep jumping as long as you feel happy, but the moment you get tired, you stop. That’s how a while loop works in programming: it keeps doing something over and over again while a condition is true.

Think of a while loop like this:

1. You say, “I will keep jumping as long as I’m happy.”
2. You jump once.
3. You check if you’re still happy.
4. If you are, you jump again.
5. If you're not, the game stops.

In programming terms:

• The condition is like checking your happiness.
• The action (jumping) is what keeps happening while the condition is true.

Let’s say you’re eating cookies from a jar. You keep taking one cookie at a time as long as there are still cookies left in the jar. Once the jar is empty, you stop.

That's exactly how a while loop works, it keeps doing something while a condition (like "there are still cookies") stays true.