# Abstraction via Loop

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/abstraction-via-loop/22638>\
**Category:** Unit and Lesson Discussion\
**Tags:** csp-unit-3, csp-unit-3-lesson-10\
**Created:** [November 27, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/abstraction-via-loop/22638 "2018-11-27T14:33:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![carmichaelc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/carmichaelc/32/921_2.png) [@carmichaelc](https://forum.code.org/u/carmichaelc)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/abstraction-via-loop/22638/1 "2018-11-27T14:33:01Z")

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College Board question too - If you call a function within a loop, would that count as abstraction?

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**Author:** ![biermanl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/biermanl/32/2408_2.png) [@biermanl](https://forum.code.org/u/biermanl)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/abstraction-via-loop/22638/2 "2018-11-28T00:43:57Z")

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I believe that it would be possible to consider it as “managing complexity” but not a student-created abstraction.

I felt like [this question](https://forum.code.org/t/is-a-loop-an-example-of-abstraction/6133) (and especially baker’s first answer) helped me to understand and explain to my students.