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Python Python Basics Functions and Looping For Looping

Posted by Ritam Saha
Ritam Saha
1,198 Points

I do not understand why it would print out o o h

What is the output of the following code?

for letter in "You got this!":
    if letter in "oh":
        print(letter)

1 Answer

Hazem mosaad
Hazem mosaad
15,384 Points
Hazem mosaad
Hazem mosaad
15,384 Points

Hello ! as you see what the loop is doing the following 

# when loop start for  first time  ..  take first letter y and then create the check 
if y in "oh"  # false because y not in oh so nothing happen then.
if o in "oh"  # true because o in oh so print "o" to screen then.
#loop through all letters until reach another "o" so print it.
#until now the output is "oo" when reach one "h" and "h" in "oh" so the final output is "ooh".

I hope this clear for you happy programming !