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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Iteration

Posted by omair qasim
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omair qasim
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 137 Points

can understand when i recall a new variable result show only one name??

>>> attendees                                                                   
['ken', 'Alena', 'Treasure', 'Ashly', 'James', 'Guil']                          
>>>                                                                                                     
>>> for attendee in attendees:                                                  
...     print(attendee)                                                         
...                                                                             
ken                                                                             
Alena                                                                           
Treasure                                                                        
Ashly                                                                           
James                                                                           
Guil                                                                            
>>> attendee                                                                    
'Guil'

Can any one tell me why they can't print all name like attendees.

>>> attendees                                                                   
['ken', 'Alena', 'Treasure', 'Ashly', 'James', 'Guil']                          
>>>                                                                             

>>> attendee                                                                    
'Guil'

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Your "print(attendee)" statement is inside a loop, so it gets automatically repeated for each item in the list:

for attendee in attendees:   # <- this loop...
    print(attendee)          # <- causes this to be done over and over

But then when you just type "attendee", it is not in a loop so it is done only once. What it shows then is the value it was given last when used in the loop ('Guil').

omair qasim
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omair qasim
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 137 Points

thanks