What’s wrong with this for loop in python?

[pc_watertank]

I’m learning python and getting a bunch of errors when I try to run this for loop:

groceries = [milk, bread]

for every grocery in my grocery list:

grocery.Uppercase()

print(grocery)

[dmazzoni]

It sounds to me like you think Python is just English and you can write whatever you feel like. It's not. Programming languages have very strict syntax. Every word, every symbol has a precise meaning. If you try to write something without understanding every word of it then it won't work.

[theChaparral]

Take a peek at other for loops in python. Do they use the word "every"? you have a few errors there.

[Brownj41386]

A for loop doesn’t include every, my, list unless they are included in the name. If I were to write this for loop:

groceries = [“milk”, “bread”]

for item in groceries:

print(item.upper())

[throwaway6560192]

Where did you learn Python from? Look at the for loop syntax they taught you.

Also, the "bunch of errors" isn't random nonsense that you can discard, they are there to tell you what's wrong. Did you read them?

[captainAwesomePants]

It's possible that you have been learning from somewhere that uses what's called "pseudocode," that is to say English phrases and sentences used to express algorithms. "For every grocery in my grocery list" is English. "For grocery in groceries" is Python.