you can actually use while loop to do the same thing as for loopfor loops are just more concise let' rewrite fivetimes py to use while loop equivalent of for loop print('my name is' while print('jimmy five times (str( ')' you can view the execution of this program at /fivetimeswhileif you run this programthe output should look the same as the fivetimes py programwhich uses for loop the startingstoppingand stepping arguments to range(some functions can be called with multiple arguments separated by commaand range(is one of them this lets you change the integer passed to range(to follow any sequence of integersincluding starting at number other than zero for in range( )print(ithe first argument will be where the for loop' variable startsand the second argument will be up tobut not includingthe number to stop at the range(function can also be called with three arguments the first two arguments will be the start and stop valuesand the third will be the step argument the step is the amount that the variable is increased by after each iteration for in range( )print(iso calling range( will count from zero to eight by intervals of two