e-learning
Python - Loops
Abstract
A for loop tells Python to execute some statements once for each value in a list, a character string, or some other collection: "for each thing in this group, do these operations"
About This Material
This is a Hands-on Tutorial from the GTN which is usable either for individual self-study, or as a teaching material in a classroom.
Questions this will address
- How can I make a program do many things?
Learning Objectives
- Explain what for loops are normally used for.
- Trace the execution of a simple (unnested) loop and correctly state the values of variables in each iteration.
- Write for loops that use the Accumulator pattern to aggregate values.
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Keywords: Foundations of Data Science, jupyter-notebook
Target audience: Students
Resource type: e-learning
Version: 3
Status: Active
Prerequisites:
- Python - Flow Control
- Python - Lists & Strings & Dictionaries
Learning objectives:
- Explain what for loops are normally used for.
- Trace the execution of a simple (unnested) loop and correctly state the values of variables in each iteration.
- Write for loops that use the Accumulator pattern to aggregate values.
Date modified: 2023-02-13
Date published: 2022-04-25
Contributors: Bazante Sanders, Donny Vrins, Helena Rasche, The Carpentries
Scientific topics: Software engineering
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