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control flow of Python taught in effortless way

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Python Control

of Flow
if Statements
if x == 3:
print “X equals 3.”
elif x == 2:
print “X equals 2.”
else:
print “X equals something else.”
print “This is outside the ‘if’.”

Be careful! The keyword if is also used in the


syntax of filtered list comprehensions. Note:
• Use of indentation for blocks
• Colon (:) after boolean expression
Another if form
• An alternative if form returns a value
• This can simplify your code
• Example:
• return x+1 if x < 0 else x -1
• return ‘hold’ if delta==0 else sell if delta < 0
else ‘buy’
• Added in Python v 2.6 (?)
while Loops
>>> x = 3
>>> while x < 5:
print x, "still in the loop"
x = x + 1
3 still in the loop
4 still in the loop
>>> x = 6
>>> while x < 5:
print x, "still in the loop"

>>>
break and continue
• You can use the keyword break inside a
loop to leave the while loop entirely.

• You can use the keyword continue


inside a loop to stop processing the
current iteration of the loop and to
immediately go on to the next one.
assert
• An assert statement will check to make
sure that something is true during the
course of a program.
• If the condition if false, the program stops
—(more accurately: the program
throws an exception)

assert(number_of_players < 5)
For Loops
For Loops / List Comprehensions
• Python’s list comprehensions provide a
natural idiom that usually requires a for-loop in
other programming languages.
• As a result, Python code uses many fewer
for-loops
• Nevertheless, it’s important to learn about
for-loops.

• Take care! The keywords for and in are also


used in the syntax of list comprehensions, but
this is a totally different construction.
For Loops 1
• A for-loop steps through each of the items in a
collection type, or any other type of object
which is “iterable”
for <item> in <collection>:
<statements>
• If <collection> is a list or a tuple, then the loop
steps through each element of the sequence
• If <collection> is a string, then the loop steps
through each character of the string
for someChar in “Hello World”:
print someChar
For Loops 2
for <item> in <collection>:
<statements>
• <item> can be more than a single variable name
• When the <collection> elements are themselves
sequences, then <item> can match the structure
of the elements.
• This multiple assignment can make it easier to
access the individual parts of each element
for (x,y) in [(a,1),(b,2),(c,3),(d,4)]:
print x
For loops & the range() function
• Since a variable often ranges over some
sequence of numbers, the range() function
returns a list of numbers from 0 up to but not
including the number we pass to it.
• range(5) returns [0,1,2,3,4]
• So we could say:
for x in range(5):
print x
• (There are more complex forms of range() that
provide richer functionality…)
For Loops and Dictionaries
>>> ages = { "Sam" : 4, "Mary" : 3, "Bill" : 2 }
>>> ages
{'Bill': 2, 'Mary': 3, 'Sam': 4}
>>> for name in ages.keys():
print name, ages[name]
Bill 2
Mary 3
Sam 4
>>>

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