# Prints each item, one on each line
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
for x in fruits:
print(x)
# Prints each letter in 'banana', one on each line
for x in "banana":
print(x)
print ("---")
# Break exits the loop
# Displays apple, then banana, and then breaks out of the loop
# (So it never gets to cherry)
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
for x in fruits:
print(x)
if x == "banana":
break
print ("---")
# This does the same thing but the break is before the print statement
# So we only see "apple"
# Recall that we are breaking out of the FOR loop, not just the IF condition
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
for x in fruits:
if x == "banana":
break
print(x)
print ("===")
# continue says stop the current iteration of the loop
# and continue with the next one
# apple
# rotten!
# cherry
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
for x in fruits:
if x == "banana":
print("rotten!")
continue
print(x)
# Displays 0 through 5
for x in range(6):
print(x)
print ("===")
# Displays 2 through 5
for x in range(2, 6):
print(x)
print ("===")
# Weird
# Start at 2
# Keep going up to right before 30
# Increment by the third argument: 3
# So it displays 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, and 29
for x in range(2, 30, 3):
print(x)
print("<><><><>")
# Displays 0 through 5 and then executes the else statement
# The else keyword says run this block of code when the loop statement is finished
for x in range(6):
print(x)
else:
print("Finally finished!")
print("<><><><>")
# Displays 0
for x in range(1):
print(x)
print("<><><><>")
# Displays 0, 1
for x in range(2):
print(x)
print("<><><><>")
# Displays 0, done
for x in range(1):
print(x)
else:
print("done")
print("<*><*><*><*>")
# Displays done
for x in range(0):
print(x)
else:
print("done")
# The break statement completely exits out of the for loop
# It will not execute the else block
# Displays 0, 1, 2
print ("----")
for x in range(6):
if x == 3: break
print(x)
else:
print("Finally finished!")
# Fun with nested loops
# Displays red apple, red banana, red cherry, big x3, tasty x3
adj = ["red", "big", "tasty"]
fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
for x in adj:
for y in fruits:
print(x, y)
# What you have to do if no content in a for loop
for x in [0, 1, 2]:
pass
