Python Common Syntax Example

When you’ve been programming for a while, you understand how to do it, but forget and confuse the syntax between languages. It is helpful then to a reference program that reminds you of some simple syntax for the language of the day.

This program shows print statements, procedure definitions and two types of for loops

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#global variable for a list
colours = ["red", "green", "blue"]

def forLoopThroughRange(count):
 for x in range(count):
  print(x) 

def forLoopWithList(myList):
  for item in myList:
    print(item)

def simpleWhileLoop(count):
  i = count
  while i < 6:
    print(i)
    i += 1

print("This is a simple program that demonstrates common syntax")

forLoopThroughRange(10)
forLoopWithList(colours)
simpleWhileLoop(3)
#global variable for a list
colours = ["red", "green", "blue"]

def forLoopThroughRange(count):
 for x in range(count):
  print(x) 

def forLoopWithList(myList):
  for item in myList:
    print(item)

def simpleWhileLoop(count):
  i = count
  while i < 6:
    print(i)
    i += 1

print("This is a simple program that demonstrates common syntax")
happy = True

forLoopThroughRange(10)
forLoopWithList(colours)
simpleWhileLoop(3)
if happy:
  print("The end")

When you run it, it looks like this

This is a simple program that demonstrates common syntax
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green
blue
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The end

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