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Loops: For loop, while loop

Code can be repeated using a loop. Lines of code can be repeated N times, where N is manually configurable. In practice, it means code will be repeated until a condition is met. This condition is usually (x >=N) but it’s not the only possible condition.

Python has 3 types of loops: for loops, while loops and nested loops.

For loop

We can iterate a list using a for loop

#!/usr/bin/python

items = [ "Abby","Brenda","Cindy","Diddy" ]

for item in items:
    print(item)

Visualization of for loop:

The for loop can be used to repeat N times too:

#!/usr/bin/python

for i in range(1,10):
    print(i)

While loop

If you are unsure how many times a code should be repeated, use a while loop.
For example,


correctNumber = 5
guess = 0

while guess != correctNumber:
    guess = int(input("Guess the number: "))
    
    if guess != correctNumber:
        print('False guess')

print('You guessed the correct number')

Nested loops

We can combine for loops using nesting. If we want to iterate over an (x,y) field we could use:

#!/usr/bin/python

for x in range(1,10):
    for y in range(1,10):
        print("(" + str(x) + "," + str(y) + ")")

Nesting is very useful, but it increases complexity the deeper you nest.

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