[Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"?

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Date	2013-03-17 17:58 -0700
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Subject	[Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"?
From	"Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogategod@gmail.com>

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N00b question.  But here is the code:

http://bin.cakephp.org/view/709201806

In the first example, the first for-loop is run and then the list is assigned to the tricky variable.  But, what 
happens in the second example?  Does the loop after "in" get run only once or multiple number of times?

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[Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogategod@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 17:58 -0700
  Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 20:24 -0500
  Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? Gary Herron <gary.herron@islandtraining.com> - 2013-03-17 18:18 -0700
    Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogategod@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 18:59 -0700
    Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogategod@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 18:59 -0700
      Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogategod@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 19:14 -0700
        Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-18 07:38 -0400
      Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogategod@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 19:14 -0700
        Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-17 22:33 -0400
          Re: What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-03-18 18:08 -0700
        Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-18 02:44 +0000
          Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-17 22:51 -0400
  Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-17 21:28 -0400
    Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogategod@gmail.com> - 2013-03-17 19:01 -0700
      Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-17 22:28 -0400
  Re: [Python 2.7.3] What's the difference between these two uses of "for"? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-03-18 00:37 -0400

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