April 17, 2024, 9:02 a.m. | Endurance Okpanachi

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The for loop in Python is used to iterate over a sequence, including as a list, tuple, string, or other iterable objects. Yet, its functionality differs from loops in languages like C++. It works similarly to the iterator methods in other object-oriented languages.


The syntax of the Python for loop is written as:



for variable in iterable:
#statement


In the code above, the for keyword indicates the start of the loop and instructs Python to perform the action in the …

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