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| From | Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop |
| Date | 2016-06-28 13:58 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.80.1467122303.2358.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
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On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 9:34 AM BartC <bc@freeuk.com> wrote: > On 28/06/2016 14:15, Michael Selik wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:41 AM Elizabeth Weiss <cake240@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> I do not understand the second code. What is counter? > >> > > > > It looks like someone wanted to make a loop induction variable. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_variable > > I don't know if that helps; I've never heard of an induction variable. > But you've seen them often in other programming languages? > And according to the first example in that link, then 'word' in the OP's > second example might be classed as an induction variable too! The variable ``word`` was not being incremented/decremented by a fixed amount, nor was it a linear function of another induction variable. > Confusing. Indeed. That's why Python's for-loops are preferable.
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Iteration, while loop, and for loop Elizabeth Weiss <cake240@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 05:36 -0700
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 13:15 +0000
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-06-28 14:29 +0100
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 13:58 +0000
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 22:58 -0700
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-06-28 14:24 +0100
RE: Iteration, while loop, and for loop "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 06:26 -0700
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-06-28 16:42 +0300
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 13:51 +0000
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-29 01:20 +1000
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-06-28 18:28 +0300
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-06-28 12:23 -0500
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 17:58 +0000
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-06-29 09:29 -0600
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-06-30 09:59 +1000
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-06-30 05:44 -0500
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-06-30 07:04 -0600
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-06-30 07:10 -0600
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2016-06-30 19:12 -0700
Re: Iteration, while loop, and for loop Veek M <vek.m1234@gmail.com> - 2016-10-27 14:35 +0530
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