Question

how to fix the infinite loop created by this code
def counter():
counter = 0

while counter != 5:
print ("counter is less than 5")

Answer 1

The issue with your code is that the `counter` variable inside the `counter()` function is not being incremented. As a result, the `while` loop will never reach the condition where `counter` equals 5, leading to an infinite loop.

Here's the corrected version of your code that properly increments the `counter` and avoids the infinite loop:

```python
def counter():
counter = 0

while counter != 5:
print("counter is less than 5")
counter += 1 # This increments the counter by 1

counter()
```

### Explanation:
- The line `counter += 1` increments the value of `counter` by 1 in each iteration of the loop.
- Once the value of `counter` reaches 5, the loop will exit and the function will end.

You can run this code, and it will print "counter is less than 5" five times before exiting the loop.