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Lab# 17 and 18 Loops

The document provides an overview of Python loops, specifically while and for loops, including their functionalities such as the break, continue, and else statements. It explains how while loops execute statements as long as a condition is true, while for loops iterate over sequences like lists and strings. Additionally, it covers the range() function, nested loops, and the use of the pass statement in empty loops.

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Lab# 17 and 18 Loops

The document provides an overview of Python loops, specifically while and for loops, including their functionalities such as the break, continue, and else statements. It explains how while loops execute statements as long as a condition is true, while for loops iterate over sequences like lists and strings. Additionally, it covers the range() function, nested loops, and the use of the pass statement in empty loops.

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LAB WORK: WHILE AND FOR LOOPS

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE


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Python While Loops
Python Loops
Python has two primitive loop commands:
• while loops
• for loops

The while Loop

✓ With the while loop we can execute a set of statements as long as a condition is true.

The break Statement

✓ With the break statement we can stop the loop even if the while condition is true:

The continue Statement

✓ With the continue statement, we can stop the current iteration, and continue with the next.
The else Statement

With the else statement, we can run a block of code once when the condition no longer is true:
Python For Loops
Python For Loops
✓ A for loop is used for iterating over a sequence (that is either a list, a tuple, a dictionary, a set,
or a string).
✓ This is less like the for keyword in other programming languages and works more like an
iterator method as found in other object-orientated programming languages.
✓ With the for loop, we can execute a set of statements, once for each item in a list, tuple, set,
etc.

✓ The for loop does not require an indexing variable to be set beforehand.

Looping Through a String

✓ Even strings are iterable objects, they contain a sequence of characters:

The break Statement

With the break statement, we can stop the loop before it has looped through all the items
The continue Statement
With the continue statement, we can stop the current iteration of the loop, and continue with the
next:

The range() Function


✓ To loop through a set of code a specified number of times, we can use the range() function,
✓ The range() function returns a sequence of numbers, starting from 0 by default, and increments
by 1 (by default), and ends at a specified number.

✓ The range() function defaults to 0 as a starting value, however, it is possible to specify the
starting value by adding a parameter: range(2, 6), which means values from 2 to 6 (but not
including 6):
✓ The range() function defaults to increment the sequence by 1, however, it is possible to
specify the increment value by adding a third parameter: range(2, 30, 3):

Else in For Loop


The else keyword in a for loop specifies a block of code to be executed when the loop is finished

Nested Loops
✓ A nested loop is a loop inside a loop.
✓ The "inner loop" will be executed one time for each iteration of the "outer loop".
The pass Statement
✓ for loops cannot be empty, but if you for some reason have a for loop with no content, put in
the pass statement to avoid getting an error.

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