for loops

Looping lists

my_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 'Python', 'is', 'neat']
for item in my_list:
    print(item)

1
2
3
4
Python
is
neat

break

Stop the execution of the loop.

for item in my_list:
    if item == 'Python':
        break
    print(item)

1
2
3
4

continue

Continue to the next item without executing the lines occuring after continue inside the loop.

for item in my_list:
    if item == 1:
        continue
    print(item)

2
3
4
Python
is
neat

enumerate()

In case you need to also know the index:

for idx, val in enumerate(my_list):
    print('idx: {}, value: {}'.format(idx, val))

idx: 0, value: 1
idx: 1, value: 2
idx: 2, value: 3
idx: 3, value: 4
idx: 4, value: Python
idx: 5, value: is
idx: 6, value: neat

Looping dictionaries

my_dict = {'hacker': True, 'age': 72, 'name': 'John Doe'}
for val in my_dict:
    print(val)

age
name
hacker

for key, val in my_dict.items():
    print('{}={}'.format(key, val))

age=72
name=John Doe
hacker=True

range()

for number in range(5):
    print(number)

0
1
2
3
4

for number in range(2, 5):
    print(number)

2
3
4

for number in range(0, 10, 2):  # last one is step
    print(number)

0
2
4
6
8