newbie question (for loop)

[Algis Kabaila]

On Wednesday 16 March 2011 05:48:14 Tim Morneau wrote:
> You have to add the colon to the end of the statement if this
> is an accurate representation of the statement so:
> 
> "for  i  in  range(len(list)):"  instead of "for  i  in 
> range(len(list))"
> 
It seems to me that it would be simpler to simply do it like 
this:
mylist = list
for var in mylist:
    (var is an entry in the list - do with it whatever you want    
to do)

The new name mylist should be used in the place where you 
defined **your** list.  (mylist = list is used as an indication 
only; never use reserved name for a variable name - bad practice 
that will lead to grief sooner or later).

OldAl.
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Algis
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