[Tutor] still confused about for loops

[Mitya Sirenef]

On 12/19/2012 01:19 AM, Brandon Merritt wrote:
> Sorry, I am just so confused and aggravated as to why this won't work 
> - why doesn't it print out the whole list? :
>
> number = raw_input('Enter a 7-unit number: ')
>
> for i in number:
>     count = []
>     count.append(i)
>
> print count
>
> >>> Enter a 7-unit number: 78953298
> ['8']
>
>

Same exact problem as in your first question:
you are resetting the list inside the loop. You
want to move it outside the loop. You could
also do:

count = [i for i in number]

  -m

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