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.. * blocks in python 
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..   + (indentation) 
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.. * blocks in ipython 
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..   + ... prompt 
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..   + hitting enter 
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.. * =for= with a list 
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.. * =range= function 
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Getting started with for loop
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{{{ show welcome slide }}}
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Hello and welcome to the tutorial getting started with ``for`` loop. 
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In this tutorial we will learn about ``for`` loops in python, and also cover
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the basics of indenting code in python.
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.. #[Nishanth]: Instead of saying basics of indenting code,
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                say How to define code blocks in Python
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In Python whitespace is significant, and the blocks are visually
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separated rather than using braces or any other mechanisms for
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defining blocks. And by this method Python forces the programmers to
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stick on to one way of writing or beautifying the code rather than
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debating over where to place the braces. This way it produces uniform
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code than obscure or unreadable code.
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.. #[nishanth]: Simply tell how blocks are defined in python.
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                The details like braces are not used and its
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                advantages like neat code can be told after completely
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                explaining the indentation
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.. #[Amit]: Do you want to do that here. May be its better to talk about 
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   this after some initiation into the idea of blocks. 
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A block may be defined by a suitable indentation level which can be
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either be a tab or few spaces. And the best practice is to indent the
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code using four spaces.
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.. #[Nishanth]: Even this detail may be skipped. Simply say use 4 spaces
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                for indentation. Do that while typing so that they can
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                actually see what is being typed.
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Now let us move straight into ``for`` loop.
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Write a for loop which iterates through a list of numbers and find the
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square root of each number. Also make a new list with the square roots
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and print it at the end.
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.. #[nishanth]: making new list with square roots induces extra complication
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                like appending which has no use case here
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    numbers are 1369, 7225, 3364, 7056, 5625, 729, 7056, 576, 2916
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.. #[Nishanth]: The problem focuses more on square root and creation
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                of list. The problem must be simple and focusing on 
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                nothing more but the indentation and for loop.
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                May be change the problem to print squares than to
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                print square roots.
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For the problem, first we need to create a ``list`` of numbers and
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then iterate over the list and find the square root of each element in
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it. And let us create a script, rather than typing it out in the
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interpreter itself. Create a script called list_roots.py and type the
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following.
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{{{ open the text editor and paste the following code there }}}
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    numbers = [1369, 7225, 3364, 7056, 5625, 729, 7056, 576, 2916]
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    square_roots = []
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    for each in numbers:
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        sq_root = sqrt(each)
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        print "Square root of", each, "is", sq_root
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        square_roots.append(sq_root)
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    print 
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    print square_roots
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..  numbers = [1, 12, 3, 4, 21, 17]
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    for each in numbers:
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        print each, each * each
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.. #[nishanth]: I don't see a use case to append the sq_root to
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                square_roots. It is only complicating stuff.
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                Simply iterate and print.
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{{{ save the script }}}
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Now save the script, and run it from your IPython interpreter. I
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assume that you have started your IPython interpreter using ``-pylab``
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option.
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Run the script as,
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    %run -i list_roots.py
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.. #[Nishanth]: you don't have to use the -i option here
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{{{ run the script }}}
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So that was easy! We didn't have to find the length of the string nor
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address of each element of the list one by one. All what we did was
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iterate over the list element by element and then use the element for
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calculation. Note that here we used three variables. One the variable
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``numbers``, which is a list, another one ``each``, which is the
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element of list under consideration in each cycle of the ``for`` loop,
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and then a variable ``sq_root`` for storing the square root in each
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cycle of the ``for`` loop. The variable names can be chosen by you.
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.. #[Nishanth]: The details like we didn't have to find the length
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                are relevant for people who have programmed in C or
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                other languages earlier. But for a newbie it is more
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                of confusing extra info. That part may be skipped.
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                Simply go ahead and focus on the syntax of for loop.
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                And how the variable name is used inside the for loop.
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                If you modify the question to only print, the extra 
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                variable sq_root can also be avoided. let it be more
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                about "each", "numbers" and "for". no other new names.
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{{{ show the script which was created }}}
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Note that three lines after ``for`` statement, are indented using four
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spaces.
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{{{ highlight the three lines after for statement }}}
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It means that those three lines are part of the for loop. And it is
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called a block of statements. And the seventh line or the immediate
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line after the third line in the ``for`` loop is not indented, 
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it means that it is not part of the ``for`` loop and the lines after
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that doesn't fall in the scope of the ``for`` loop. Thus each block is
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separated by the indentation level. Thus marking the importance of
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perfect squares and a list of those which are not. The numbers are,
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    7225, 3268, 3364, 2966, 7056, 5625, 729, 5547, 7056, 576, 2916
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the list. And this time let us do it right in the IPython
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interpreter. 
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So let us start with making a list. Type the following
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    numbers = [1369, 7225, 3364, 7056, 5625, 729, 7056, 576, 2916]
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    for each in numbers:
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and now you will notice that, as soon as you press the return key
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after for statement, the prompt changes to four dots and the cursor is
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not right after the four dots but there are four spaces from the
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dots. The four dots tell you that you are inside a block. Now type the
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rest of the ``for`` loop,
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.. #[Nishanth]: Tell that IPython does auto indentation.
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        sq_root = sqrt(each)
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        print "Square root of", each, "is", sq_root
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Now we have finished the statements in the block, and still the
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interpreter is showing four dots, which means you are still inside the
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block. To exit from the block press return key or the enter key twice
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without entering anything else. It printed the square root of each
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number in the list, and that is executed in a ``for`` loop.
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ten. But this time let us try it in the vanilla version of Python
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interpreter.
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Start the vanilla version of Python interpreter by issuing the command
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``python`` in your terminal.
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python to start the vanilla Python interpreter }}}
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    for i in range(1,11):
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and press enter once, and we will see that this time it shows four
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        print "10 x",i,"=",i*10
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Now when we hit enter, we still see the four dots, to get out of the
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block, hit enter once again
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.. #[Nishanth]: Here also the overhead on print can be reduced.
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                Think of a simple print statement. This statement
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                will be confusing for a newbie.
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                We can focus more on indentation in python.
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                define a list of numbers and iterate on it.
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                Then say this list can also be generated using
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                the range function and hence introduce range.
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Okay! so the main thing here we learned is how to use Python
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interpreter and IPython interpreter to specify blocks. But while we
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were generating the multiplication table we used something new,
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``range()`` function. ``range()`` is an inbuilt function in Python
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which can be used to generate a ``list`` of integers from a starting
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.. #[Nishanth]: Show some examples of range without the step argument
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                May be give an exercise with negative numbers as arguments
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Now, let us print all the odd numbers from 1 to 50. Let us do it in
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our IPython interpreter for ease of use.
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Print the list of odd numbers from 1 to 50. It will be better if
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you can try it out yourself.
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It is a very trivial problem and can be solved as,
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    print range(1,51,2)
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This time we passed three parameters to ``range()`` function unlike
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the previous case where we passed only two parameters. The first two
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parameters are the same in both the cases. The first parameter is the
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starting number of the sequence and the second parameter is the end of
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the range. Note that the sequence doesn't include the ending
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number. The third parameter is for stepping through the sequence. Here
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we gave two which means we are skipping every alternate element.
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{{{ switch to next slide, recap slide }}}
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Thus we come to the end of this tutorial. We learned about blocks in
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Python, indentation, blocks in IPython, for loop, iterating over a
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list and then the ``range()`` function.
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.. #[Amit]: There does seem to too much overhead of details. Should
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            the first example be done using script is it necessary. 
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	    Do add some things in evolutionary manner. Like introducing 
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	    range as a list and doing a very very simple for loop.Like
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	    iterating over [1,2,3] .Before getting into a problem.
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	    And club details about problem in one paragraph and syntactic details
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	    in other.
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Thank you!
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..  Author: Anoop Jacob Thomas <anoop@fossee.in>
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    Reviewer 1: Nishanth
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