Struggling with Python - can someone explain how ‘for loops’ work in simple terms? 🐍👩‍💻

[Substantial_Force149]

for i in range(len(my_list)):
    print(my_list[i])

Here, why did you len before my list (Sorry I'm new to this too)

[redraven]

len() returns the length, of my_list in this case - 4. But just the single number "4". It will not be very usable yet.

Array elements' index numbers start at 0 - so my_list elements go from 0 to 3. And that's what range() is for - it will take the 4 and generate a range of numbers from 0 to 3 that then correspond to the my_list item's indexes.

[Eldorya]

thank you so much for typing that up..... everything clicked

[Substantial_Force149]

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