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Loops in Python can be "for" loops or "while" loops. For loops iterate over a sequence, like characters in a string. While loops repeat as long as a condition is true. The range function can generate a sequence of numbers to iterate over. Looping constructs like break and continue can alter the flow. The else clause runs code after the loop finishes normally without breaking.

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5 Loops

Loops in Python can be "for" loops or "while" loops. For loops iterate over a sequence, like characters in a string. While loops repeat as long as a condition is true. The range function can generate a sequence of numbers to iterate over. Looping constructs like break and continue can alter the flow. The else clause runs code after the loop finishes normally without breaking.

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Loops in Python

Sokratis Sofianopoulos

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Loops

• There are two types of loops in Python, for and while


• For loops iterate over a given sequence, like the characters of a string:
astring = "Hello world!"
for x in astring:
print(x)
• While loops repeat as long as a certain Boolean condition is met:
count = 0
while count < 5:
print(count)
count += 1

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For loop using the range function
• For loops can iterate over a sequence of numbers using the range function (we will see
functions next week)
• The range function can take 1, 2 or three parameters
• One parameter (n): Prints integer numbers from 0 to n-1
for x in range(5):
print(x)
• Two parameters (x, y) : Prints integer numbers from x to y-1
for x in range(4, 9):
print(x)
• Three parameters (x, y, z) : Prints integer numbers from x to y-1 with stride z
for x in range(3, 8, 2):
print(x)

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Exercise

• Ask the user to enter a number from 1 to 10


• if the user enters a number outside of the range ask again
• Then, using a for loop and f-string write the multiplication table of the number
• You can ask the user to enter a number with the following code:
number = int(input("Enter a number: "))
• The multiplication table can be printed for example like this:
1x1=1

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Solution

n = -1
while n not in range(1, 11):
n = int(input("Input a number: "))

for i in range(1,11):
print(f"{n} x {i} = {n*i}")

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break and continue statements
• break is used to exit a loop (for or while)
• continue is used to skip the current block, and return to the "for" or "while" statement
• Break example:
count = 0
while True:
print(count)
count += 1
if count >= 5:
break
• Continue example:
for x in range(10):
if x % 2 == 0:
continue
print(x)

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Using the else clause in a loop

• Unlike other programming language, in Python we can use else in a loop


(for and while)
• When the loop condition of a for or while statement fails then the code in
the else block is executed
• If break statement is executed inside for loop then the "else" part is skipped
• Note that "else" part is executed even if there is a continue statement

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Else example in a simple while loop

count=0
while(count<5):
print(count)
count +=1
else:
print("count value reached %d" %(count))

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Else not reached because of break statement

for i in range(1, 10):


if(i%5==0):
break
print(i)
else:
print("this is not printed: for loop is terminated because of break")

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Exercise

• Loop through and print out all even numbers from 1 to 200 with
a stride of 3 but
1. You must use a continue statement
2. As you go, count how many even numbers you find
3. After the loop, use an f-string to print a message with the
total number of even numbers that your script found

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Solution

count=0
for number in range(1, 201, 3):
if number % 2 == 1:
continue
if count == 30:
break
count+=1
print(number)
print(f"Number of even numbers in range {count}")
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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:

for x in range(5):
pass

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