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.

loop through items or a string

Example: Print each fruit in a fruit list:

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

fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
for x in fruits:
  print(x)

Example: Looping Through a String

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

for x in "banana":
  print(x)

loop through a set of number

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.

Example: Using the range() function:

for x in range(6):
  print(x)

Note that range(6) is not the values of 0 to 6, but the values 0 to 5.

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):

for x in range(2, 6):
  print(x)

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):

Example: Increment the sequence with 3 (default is 1):

for x in range(2, 30, 3):
  print(x)

extras:

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":

Example

Print each adjective for every fruit:

import time
adj = ["red", "big", "tasty"]
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]

for x in adj:
    time.sleep(1)
    for y in fruits:
        print(x, y)
        time.sleep(1)

The break Statement

With the break statement we can stop the loop before it has looped through all the items:

Example: Exit the loop when x is "banana":

import time

fruits = ["apple","mango", "banana", "cherry"]

for x in fruits:
    print(x)
    time.sleep(1)
    if x=="banana":
        print("break")
        break

The continue Statement

With the continue statement we can stop the current iteration of the loop, and continue with the next:

Example: Do not print banana:

import time

fruits = ["apple","mango","orange","banana", "cherry"]

for x in fruits:    
    time.sleep(1)
    if x=="banana":
        continue
    print(x)

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. Example

for x in [0, 1, 2]:
    pass

Else in For Loop

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

Example: Print all numbers from 0 to 5, and print a message when the loop has ended:

for x in range(6):
  print(x)
else:
  print("Finally finished!")

source: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_for_loops.asp

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