new to Python: for loop

Question

I see David using a lot of for loops like this, usually in a table:

for (singular variable) in (plural variable)

e.g.

for registrant in registrants

He doesn't actually declare the singular variable anywhere. He would only assign something for the plural variable.

Shouldn't he also need to declare what the singular variable too? Or is python just so smart to know the difference between singular and plural variables?

(Sorry variables are very much C programming words aren't they.. what are python's instance?.... haha)

Answer 1

In fact it is not necessary to declare the type, unlike what happens in C, the python interpreter 'knows' what kind of variable it needs depending on what registrants are. For those who study for a long time C, it is a fact that attracts attention and costs a little getting used to it, but the truth is that it is much more comfortable. Also the concept of iteration is much broader, we can not only iterate over successions of numbers, but practically about anything, if not look at the next code and its output:

>>> fruits = ['orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'banana', 'kiwi', 'apple', 'banana']
>>> for fruit in fruits:
        print(fruit)


orange
apple
pear
banana
kiwi
apple
banana

As you can see we have not defined fruit, we could have simply said: for i in fruits