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8.for Loops in Python

For loops in Python iterate over a block of code a specified number of times. They allow programmers to write repetitive tasks more efficiently. A for loop uses a variable to represent each item in a sequence like a list or dictionary during iterations. The loop continues until all items have been processed or a certain condition is met. For loops are useful for printing large amounts of data, searching collections, and simplifying complex problems that require many repetitions like sorting algorithms. They ensure code reusability and reduce errors compared to writing repetitive code manually.

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8.for Loops in Python

For loops in Python iterate over a block of code a specified number of times. They allow programmers to write repetitive tasks more efficiently. A for loop uses a variable to represent each item in a sequence like a list or dictionary during iterations. The loop continues until all items have been processed or a certain condition is met. For loops are useful for printing large amounts of data, searching collections, and simplifying complex problems that require many repetitions like sorting algorithms. They ensure code reusability and reduce errors compared to writing repetitive code manually.

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For Loops In Python

Starting with the technical definition of for loops:

Like all the other functions we have seen so far in the


video tutorials, for loop is also just a programming
function that iterates a statement or a number of
statements based on specific boundaries under certain
defined conditions, that are the basis of the loop.

Note that the statement that the loop iterates must be


present inside the body of the loop.

Regarding loops, iteration means going through some


chunk of code again and again. In programing it has the
same meaning, the only difference is that the iteration
depends upon certain conditions and upon its fulfillment,
the iteration stops, and the compiler moves forward.

For a beginner or layman, the concept of the loop could be


easily understood using an example of songs playlist.
When we like a song, we set it on repeat, and then it
automatically starts playing again and again. The same
concept is used in programming, we set a part of code for
looping and the same part of the code executes until the
certain condition that we provided is fulfilled. You must be
thinking that in song playlist the song keeps on playing
until we stop it, the same scenario can be made in case of
loops, if we put a certain condition that the loop could not
fulfill, then it will continue to iterate endlessly until
stopped by force.

An example of where loop could be helpful to us could be


in areas where a lot of data has to be printed on the
screen and physically writing that many printing
statements could be difficult or in some cases impossible.
Loops are also helpful in searching data from lists,
dictionary, and tuple.
Why do we use loops?

 Complex problems can be simplified using loops


 Less amount of code required for our program
 Lesser code so lesser chance or error
 Saves a lot of time
 Can write code that is practically impossible to be
written
 Programs that require too many iterations such as
searching and sorting algorithms can be simplified
using loops

How to write a for loop?

For loop basically depends upon the elements it has to


iterate instead of the statement being true or false. The
latter one is for the While loop which is the topic for the
next tutorial i.e. tutorial# 17. In different programming
languages the way to write a loop is different, in java and
C it could be a little technical and difficult to grasp for a
beginner but in Python, it's simple and easy. We just have
to declare a variable so we can print the output through it
during different iterations and just have to use the
keyword “for” and “in”, more explanation could be easily
obtained about working and syntax through the video
tutorial.

Advantages of loops:

 The reusability of code is ensured


 We do not have to repeat the code again and again,
just have to write it one time
 We can transverse through data structures like list,
dictionary, and tuple
 We apply most of the finding algorithms through loops

Code file as described in the video


# list1 = [ ["Harry", 1], ["Larry", 2],
# ["Carry", 6], ["Marie", 250]]
# dict1 = dict(list1)
#
# for item in dict1:
# print(item)
# for item, lollypop in dict1.items():
# print(item, "and lolly is ", lollypop)
items = [int, float, "HaERRY", 5,3, 3, 22, 21, 64, 23, 233, 23, 6]

for item in items:


if str(item).isnumeric() and item>=6:
print(item)

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