What is the difference between a for loop and a while loop.

A while loop is used in situations where we do not know how many times a loop needs to be executed beforehand.A for loop is used where we already know the number of times loopneeds to be executed.For example, imagine we want to create an animation of someone skipping using a rope. A WHILE loop would be useful if you want to create a program that has the animation of someone skipping till the user says stop.A FOR loop would be useful if you know how many times you want the animation of someone skipping to run.

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