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What is a For Loop?

A For Loop steps through a sequence one character (or element) at a time. For this to work, a variable is used to store each element. When the loop is running, inside the "loop body" (which is the next line which is indented), the loop can do whatever you want with each successive element. See example below:
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In this example, the variable called "SingleLetter" is holding each element of the string "Paris". First it holds the "P" then the "a" and so on. In the loop body, I am coding each letter to be displayed on screen one at a time. Try the code out in a code editor to see the result.

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A for loop using an imput

In this example, a name is being asked to be inputted and is used in the body of the loop. How many times will the name be displayed? Run the code then change the 3 to a 2 and run it again.

Python challenge - For loop with range() function

​Enter the following code in a Python code editor. Before running the code, what do you think it will do? Press "F5" then "Enter" to run
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In this example, the variable called "counting" is holding each element of "range(10)". Range(10) are the numbers 0 to 9. First it holds the first element "1" then then "2" and so on. In the loop body, each number is to be displayed on screen one at a time. Try the code out in a code editor to see the result.
range (Start, Stop)
range (Start, Stop, Step)

Python challenge - For loop with list data structure

​Enter the following code in a Python code editor. Before running the code, what do you think it will do? Press "F5" then "Enter" to run
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In this example, a list called animals is declared and it holds five animals. The variable called "nextAnimal" is holding each element of the list called "animals". First the variable holds the first element "cat" then then "dog" and so on. In the loop body, the sentence "the animal is a" and then each animal is to be displayed on screen one at a time. Try the code out in a code editor to see the result.

​Python challenge - For loop with list data structure and string slicing

​Enter the following code in a Python code editor. Before running the code, what do you think it will do? Press "F5" then "Enter" to run
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In this example a list is declared that contains six animals. The code then enters a loop with a condition that specifies that the first letter in each animal must be a letter "c". If this condition is met, then only the animals that begin with a "c" will be displayed on screen. Try the code out in a code editor to see the result.

​Python challenge - For loop with list data structure and variables

​Enter the following code in a Python code editor. Before running the code, what do you think it will do? Press "F5" then "Enter" to run
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In this example, a list is declared with some prices in it. A loop then declared and in the loop body each item has a 50% discount applied to it and then the discount is subtracted from the item and stored in a variable called newPrice. This new price is then displayed on the screen. Try the code out in a code editor to see the result.

Index in range

Ever had an "index out of range" error? It means you are attempting to access an element in a list e.g. accessing a 6th element in a list with 5 elements.
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