Lesson 4 of 6
The battle loop
A battle is a while loop: while the monster has health points, your hero strikes.
Count the rounds in rounds — it tells you whether your hero is fast or needs training!
while monster_hp > 0:
monster_hp = max(0, monster_hp - 5)
rounds = rounds + 1🎯 Your mission
A monster has monster_hp = 12 and your hero strikes with power = 5. With a while loop, strike until monster_hp drops to 0 (use max(0, …)) while counting the rounds in rounds (starting at 0). Print rounds.
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