A programmer writes a WHILE loop where the condition is always TRUE and no statement inside the loop changes any variable used in the condition. What will happen when this code runs?

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A programmer writes a WHILE loop where the condition is always TRUE and no statement inside the loop changes any variable used in the condition. What will happen when this code runs?

Accepted Answer

The loop runs indefinitely, causing an infinite loop — If the WHILE condition is always TRUE and nothing inside the loop can make it FALSE, the loop will never terminate — this is called an infinite loop. A syntax error would only occur if the code structure was malformed, which is not the case here. The body executes more than once since the condition remains TRUE. The body is not skipped because a WHILE loop requires the condition to be FALSE to skip the body.

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The loop body is skipped entirely and execution continues

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The program produces a syntax error before running

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The loop body executes exactly once then stops

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The loop runs indefinitely, causing an infinite loop

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