Lesson Overview

Onward to mastering JavaScript's while loops! while loops are a vital tool in programming, enabling the repeated execution of code while a specified condition remains true. Much like continuously cleaning a room until it's no longer messy, while loops run as long as the condition is true.

What are While Loops?

while loops in JavaScript repeat an action "while" a condition remains true. For instance, you might play outside while it's sunny outside. A simple example of a while loop in JavaScript is:

Here, we initialize a counter with a value of 0, and log the current counter value while its value is less than 5. When the value becomes >= 5, the loop execution finishes.

The Syntax of While Loops
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