Loops

Question 1

What are “for” loops for?

Answer 1

A for loop is used for iterating over a sequence (that is either a list, a tuple, a dictionary, a set, or a string).

Question 2

What function would you use the make a list of names in alphabetical order? In this example use the variable= “name”

Answer 2

It would be the .sort function.

 name.sort()
 print(name)

Question 3

What is the code for finding the lowest number?

Answer 3

min_number

print(min_number)

Question 4

How would you iterate over the word “Bambridge” to spell out the character individually? Variable name is company

Answer 4

Company= “Bambridge

for x in Company:
print(x, end - ‘ ‘)

Question 5

How do you ask someone for their name and let them answer? Variable name “name

Answer 5

name = input(“what is your name?”)

Question 6

What is a “while” loop used for?

Answer 6

A “while” is used to repeat code continuously until a condition is met.

Question 7

What happens if a “while” loops conditions are not met?

Answer 7

The code will continue to run on repeat and may crash the program

Question 8

What are the two ways of exiting a loop? Explain the different

Answer 8

“Break” - a hard exit from the loop to move on to the next stretch of code if there is any

“continue” - a softer exit from loop that may be used for a item within the loop to end that repetition early and then pass onto the next item to process through the repetition.

Question 9

What is the term given for a loop within a loop?

Answer 9

Nested Loop