Is there a way to make an infinite loop in python? [duplicate]

Question

I know you can just do this (technically):

import time
variable = 0 
while variable < 99999999999999999999999999999999999999
  variable = variable + 1
  time.sleep(1)

But is there just a way to make an infinite loop without typing all those 9's? (idk if this makes sense but I'm sure you get what I mean)

All you need is a condition that will always be true. 1 == 1 will always be true. True will always be true. Etc. Your variable < 99999999999999999999999999999999999999 condition will also always be true if you don't increment variable 99999999999999999999999999999999999999 times. — David
– David, Commented Sep 18, 2021 at 17:54
You can also use a for loop, you just need an infinite iterable. There are a few of those in the Python standard library, like itertools.count, which counts up like the variable in your question: for variable in itertools.count(): will count up forever, just in case you actually need that. — Blckknght
– Blckknght, Commented Sep 18, 2021 at 17:57

Samthebest9999 · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-18 17:53:36Z

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You can use

import time
while True:
    time.sleep(1)

Because you want an infinite loop with a one-second delay between iterations.

answered Sep 18, 2021 at 17:53

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