Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.026 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'beginner': 0.04; 'python': 0.08; 'subject:beginner': 0.09; 'syntax.': 0.09; '"for"': 0.16; '"in"': 0.16; 'general.': 0.16; 'means:': 0.16; 'syntax': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'this?': 0.19; 'subject:help': 0.21; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'hopefully': 0.24; '(in': 0.26; "i'm": 0.26; 'coding': 0.28; 'bit': 0.28; 'elements': 0.29; 'css,': 0.30; 'lot.': 0.30; 'skip:\xc2 20': 0.30; '(the': 0.30; 'thanks': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; "i've": 0.31; 'does': 0.32; 'wondering': 0.32; 'list': 0.32; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.33; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.33; 'named': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.34; 'question,': 0.34; 'something': 0.35; 'however,': 0.36; 'received:209.85.161': 0.36; 'example,': 0.37; '8bit%:86': 0.37; 'element': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'list,': 0.37; 'received:192': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'think': 0.37; 'spent': 0.38; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'aside': 0.39; 'define': 0.39; 'mark': 0.39; 'help': 0.39; "it's": 0.40; 'received:209': 0.40; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'received:192.168': 0.40; 'hours': 0.60; 'free': 0.64; 'subject:For': 0.67; '"for': 0.67; '8bit%:100': 0.69; 'subject:any': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=TM36tJLdJovZ8L81p8hYSIeiTrrbjvGf7cd7ZRfl3UM=; b=o4j9dhZ1ic91fNuKQjjMrJkIma1h1jcY7vvqxkvxrXjVBRcv1FajJmlimvDXlKgBhS KZC0fHJfLldzlPEnJZQ5hQDYeE1ksTszBX7uFINKqhMvg/iOg31+pM7W+eefbPPQKfSi vTCE762XR9BFbt21lX2fcT3UJSQB0NY7B57x4= Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:32:11 -0200 From: "Pedro Henrique G. Souto" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Complete beginner, any help appreciated :) - For Loops References: <5646135.332.1322736831034.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prjr26> In-Reply-To: <5646135.332.1322736831034.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prjr26> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1322739143 news.xs4all.nl 6968 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46314 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:16492 On 01/12/2011 08:53, Mark wrote: > 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. That means (in a free translation) "For each one of 'x' in 'y', do this" 'y' is a list, for example, then it means: "For each one of the elements of the list 'y' (the element on the current iteration is named 'x'), do this" Good Luck! Att; Pedro Henrique G. Souto ╔═════════════╗ ║ ²²²d○_○b²²² ║ ╚═════════════╝