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Python Introducing Lists Meet Lists Creation

Anthony Grodowski
Anthony Grodowski
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Posted by Anthony Grodowski
Anthony Grodowski
4,902 Points

What "iterable" means?

I'm not excatly sure what does it mean in programming languages

4 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hey there.

In short, it means to have an object (i.e. a String) that you can 'see' and 'go to' each piece of it. So, if you had the String "Hello World!", and you were to iterate over it, you would go "H" and then "e" and then "l" and so on.

Have a look at this definition.

Hope that helps. :) :dizzy:

Leonard Katova
Leonard Katova
2,691 Points
Leonard Katova
Leonard Katova
2,691 Points

You can go over item by item

Ar33ss Leon
Ar33ss Leon
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Ar33ss Leon
Ar33ss Leon
4,621 Points

It is like going through a list item by item.

THAPELO SWEREKI
THAPELO SWEREKI
642 Points
THAPELO SWEREKI
THAPELO SWEREKI
642 Points

simply it means it can be used in iteration,,,,, e.g in loops