Re: [Tutor] Usage of for loop

2009-01-05 Thread jadrifter
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 18:49 +0530, vanam wrote: > Hi all, > i am beginner to this python language and slowing learning the > language by referring docs.I am trying to understand the for loop > i.e., usage of for loop in python,unlike c where i can give condition > in python it is simple iterating o

Re: [Tutor] Usage of for loop

2009-01-05 Thread A.T.Hofkamp
vanam wrote: Hi all, i am beginner to this python language and slowing learning the language by referring docs.I am trying to understand the for loop i.e., usage of for loop in python,unlike c where i can give condition in python it is simple In C, the for-loop is just a hidden 'while'. You can

Re: [Tutor] Usage of for loop

2009-01-05 Thread Sander Sweers
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 14:19, vanam wrote: > I am trying tounderstand the below lines of code but of no avail. Python can loop over many types of sequences.. This can be a list, tuple or string and in your example a list. > a = ["cat", "window","defenestrate"] > for x in a: > print x, len(x