While loops

Intermediate R for Finance

Lore Dirick

Manager of Data Science Curriculum at Flatiron School

While loop

i <- 0
while(i < 3) {
    print(i)
    i <- i + 1
}

0
1
2

Check while true

stock_price <- 52.1
while(stock_price <= 52.5) {
  stock_price <- stock_price * runif(1, .99, 1.01)
  print(stock_price)
}

print("Stock price is above 52.5! Sell!")

52.01159
52.46679
52.00211
52.48659
52.99241
"Stock price is above 52.5! Sell!"

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Intermediate R for Finance