We've learned for loops are great when we know exactly how many times to repeat something. But what if we want to keep doing something until a certain condition is met?
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Can you think of a situation where you'd repeat an action an unknown number of times?
For example, "keep asking for a password until the correct one is entered" or "keep rolling a dice until you get a 6." We don't know how many attempts this will take!
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How is this different from printing something exactly 5 times?
JavaScript has another type of loop for this called a while loop. It repeats a block of code as long as a condition remains true. When the condition becomes false, the loop stops.
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What do you think happens if the condition never becomes false?
Here's the basic structure:
Just like if statements, we use parentheses for the condition and curly braces for the code block.
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What familiar syntax do you see?
