how to keep multiplying a number until you reach a specific point in python?

Question

I am just beginning python, and I have tried to look up different ways. I know you can add the result with += but that doesn't work with multiplication. I know this is ALL wrong but my code so far is:

Q6=2

while x < 50: result = x * 2 print(result)

Answer 1

You can actually use *= if you want to both assign and multiply to a function in one operation, in fact this same pattern exists for most operators in python (e.g. /=, -=, <<=)

What you need to do here is actually change the value of Q6 as loop goes on, like this:

Q6 = 2
while (Q6 < 50):
    print(Q6)
    Q6 *= 2

Because since every number is double the one before, you can just replace Q6 with the previous number