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mohammed abdi abdulahi warsame
4,926 Pointswrote the code in different way
The teacher wrote the code like this:
def Show_list():
print("heres is your list")
for item in shoping_list:
print(item)
and i done it this way and it's working! what do u guys things:
def Show_section(): print("you Have in your list:") print(shopping_list)
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,275 PointsThat might work for printing.
But there are other reasons you might want to iterate through a list, and the method shown in the video gives you an opportunity to practice the iteration.
mohammed abdi abdulahi warsame
4,926 Pointsmohammed abdi abdulahi warsame
4,926 Pointswhat is the other reasons!?, i thought that as long there is no erors its ok
Steven Parker
231,275 PointsSteven Parker
231,275 PointsAnother reason for iterating a list might be to search for a specific element, comparing each one to some value. Or you might be collecting statistics of some kind (like "how many entries start with 'm'?").