For Loop - Python

In our last article we covered the history of Python, the print command, working with strings and variables, and how to comment your code. In this episode we will learn how to retrieve input from users, work with variables, and if you are lucky, Loops.

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By: James Payne

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November 19, 2007

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TOOLS YOU CAN USE

The For Loop will loop for every value you have in a list. Here is a sample:

#!/usr/local/bin/python

for letter in “James”:

print letter

This code will loop until every letter of James is printed out, like so:

Pretty simple right? Let's involve the user more:

#!/usr/local/bin/python

user_name = raw_input(“Enter your name: “)

for letter in user_name:

print letter

If the users name is something like Javier, it will print out:

And that is it for loops in Python. There are no Do While loops as in other languages.

Conditional Statements

Sometimes in programming you need to ask certain questions and have the program respond accordingly. You can do so with conditional statements. Basically the way they work is this: "If this, then that." They get more complicated of course. You also can say "If this happens, do this, else do that." Or even "If this and That, or This or That, then do this else do that or that."

I hope that is confusing, because this is the end of the article, and I want to ensure you return to enlighten yourself when I write the next episode on Python Conditionals.

Till then...