Python Primer 103
Loops
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Using Loops
To print Salam five times in Python, you could do the following:
print(“Salam")
print(“Salam")
print(“Salam")
print(“Salam")
print(“Salam")
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Python Loops
Use for while
creating loops
and for
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The Range function can be used to create a list of numbers
ranging from a starting number up to the number just before the
ending number.
That may sound a little confusing. Let’s combine the range function
with the list function to see exactly how this works.
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But this is rather tedious. Instead, you can use a for loop to reduce the
amount of typing and repetition, like this:
for x in range(0, 5):
print('salam')
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Using range and list together
print(list(range(10, 20)))
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In the case of the for loop, the code at is actually telling Python to do
the following:
Start counting from 0 and stop before reaching 5.
For each number we count, store the value in the variable x.
for x in range(0, 5):
print('salam %s' %x)
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If we remove the for then what happens!
x=0
print('salam %s' % x)
x=1
print('salam %s' % x)
x=2
print('salam %s' % x)
x=3
print('salam %s' % x)
x=4
print('salam %s' % x)
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Not using range and list
wizard_list = ['spider legs','toe of frog', 'snail tongue',
'bat wing', 'slug butter', 'bear burp']
for i in wizard_list:
print(i)
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Without the loop we have a long code
wizard_list = ['spider legs', 'toe of frog', 'snail tongue',
'bat wing', 'slug butter', 'bear burp']
print(wizard_list[0])
print(wizard_list[1])
print(wizard_list[2])
print(wizard_list[3])
print(wizard_list[4])
print(wizard_list[5])
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Printing it twice
hugehairypants = ['huge', 'hairy', 'pants']
for i in hugehairypants:
print(i)
print(i)
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Mind the gap
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hugehairypants = ['huge', 'hairy', 'pants']
for i in hugehairypants:
print(i)
print(i)
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Gaps or spaces needs to be consistent
hugehairypants = ['huge', 'hairy', 'pants']
for i in hugehairypants:
print(i)
for j in hugehairypants:
print(j)
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Another kind of loop while
A for loop isn’t the only kind of loop you can make in Python. There’s
also the while loop.
Afor loop is a loop of a specific length, whereas a while
loop is a
loop that is used when you don’t know ahead of time when it needs to
stop looping.
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x = 45
y = 80
while x < 50 and y < 100:
x=x+1
y=y+1
print(x, y)
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