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Python

Posted by Jacob Rummel
Jacob Rummel
3,103 Points

"player" in the for loop

I, like a few others, also struggled with figuring out how to increment the player numbers.

But, my specific question is regarding Ken's for loop... "For player in players"

Why it wasn't it necessary to define "player" in any of the previous code? It seems like we should've needed to define it before using it in the loop...

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

You might be used to another language. In Python, the term you name first in a "for" loop is a variable that is created (or overwritten) as the loop starts, and is used to refernce the current iteration element. So it's not necessary to define a variable by that name in advance.

Jacob Rummel
Jacob Rummel
3,103 Points

Got it! Thanks Steven!