Complete beginner, any help appreciated :) - For Loops

From	Mark <markpackt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Complete beginner, any help appreciated :) - For Loops
Date	2011-12-01 02:53 -0800
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Hi there,

I'm a complete beginner to Python and, aside from HTML and CSS, to coding in general. I've spent a few hours on it and think I understand most of the syntax.

However, I'm wondering a bit about For Loops. I know that the basic syntax for them is to define a list, and then to use something like:

for x in y

However, what does "for" and "in" mean in this context? Can anyone help me to understand this? I know it's a really basic question, but hopefully it will see me on my way to coding properly :)

Thanks a lot.

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Complete beginner, any help appreciated :) - For Loops Mark <markpackt@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 02:53 -0800
  Re: Complete beginner, any help appreciated :) - For Loops Laurent Claessens <moky.math@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 12:14 +0100
  Re: Complete beginner, any help appreciated :) - For Loops "Pedro Henrique G. Souto" <pedro.h.souto@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 09:32 -0200
  Re: Complete beginner, any help appreciated :) - For Loops Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2011-12-01 06:56 -0500
  Re: Complete beginner, any help appreciated :) - For Loops Mark <markpackt@gmail.com> - 2011-12-01 04:15 -0800
  Re: Complete beginner, any help appreciated :) - For Loops Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-12-02 00:36 +1100
  Re: Complete beginner, any help appreciated :) - For Loops "Kyle T. Jones" <onexpadREMOVE@EVOMERyahoodotyouknow.com> - 2011-12-01 18:23 -0600

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