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# rotation animation block lesson
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Learn how to create images with a global variable and while loop.
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## Topic
While Loop
## Quick links
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* [activity](/lessons/rotation-animation/activity)
* [challenges](/lessons/rotation-animation/challenges)
* [quiz](/lessons/rotation-animation/quiz)
* [quiz answers](/lessons/rotation-animation/quiz-answers)
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## Prior learning/place of lesson in scheme of work
Learn how to create images that look like a rotating animation by using a while loop. We will be learning how to create a rotating animation using a global variable, while loop as well as simple commands, such as on button pressed and show animation.
## Documentation
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```cards
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while (true) {}
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let x = 0
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input.onButtonPressed(Button.A, () => {})
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basic.showLeds(`
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . # . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
`)
basic.pause(100)
```
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## Objectives
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* learn how to create a variable for a place where you can store data, accessible across functions, and in nested code blocks
* learn how to set or change the value of a variable
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* learn how to repeat code while a condition is true
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* learn how to declare a boolean variable to determine which code will execute next
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* learn how to run code when an input button is pressed
* learn how to show a series of image frames on the LED screen
* learn how to pause your code for the specified number of milliseconds