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    "# Lecture 3A—For and While iteration"
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    "In this notebook, we learn to control the logic flow. We will use `if`, `while`, `for` to create condition and iteration."
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    "## Table of Content\n",
    "\n",
    "- [for-loop](#for-loop)\n",
    "- [Exercise: for-loop](#Exercise:-for-loop)\n",
    "- [List convertion with map](#List-convertion-with-map)\n",
    "- [Count how many occurances in a list](#Count-how-many-occurances-in-a-list)\n",
    "- [Range(start, end, step)](#range(start,-end,-step))\n",
    "- [while-loop](#while-loop)\n",
    "- [Exercise: while-loop](#Exercise:-while-loop)"
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   "source": [
    "## while-loop vs. for-loop\n",
    "\n",
    "While-loop is usually used for iteration that we don’t know the total count.\n",
    "\n",
    "For-loop is when we know the iteration count. For example, we already have the list of items. Or we already know how many times to repeat.\n"
   ]
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   "source": [
    "## for-loop"
   ]
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     "text": [
      "Apple\n",
      "Banana\n",
      "Orange\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "data = ['Apple', 'Banana', 'Orange']\n",
    "\n",
    "for fruit in data:\n",
    "    print(fruit)"
   ]
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   "source": [
    "Let’s bring back our `is_student_pass` function we defined. We can use a for loop to get a list of Pass/Fail result."
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      "80: Pass\n",
      "59: Fail\n",
      "62: Pass\n",
      "70: Pass\n",
      "99: Pass\n",
      "40: Fail\n",
      "51: Fail\n"
     ]
    }
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   "source": [
    "def is_student_pass(score):\n",
    "    if score >= 60:\n",
    "        return \"Pass\"\n",
    "    else:\n",
    "        return \"Fail\"\n",
    "\n",
    "scores = [80, 59, 62, 70, 99, 40, 51]\n",
    "\n",
    "for score in scores:\n",
    "    result = is_student_pass(score)\n",
    "    print(f\"{score}: {result}\")"
   ]
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   "source": [
    "## Exercise: for-loop\n",
    "\n",
    "In this exercise, we bring back the book lists and loop books to print each details."
   ]
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    "books = [\n",
    "    {'title': 'Python Tricks', 'category': 'Programming', 'price': 240},\n",
    "    {'title': 'Python Crash Course', 'category': 'Programming', 'price': 200},\n",
    "    {'title': 'Getting Real', 'category': 'Startup', 'price': 200}\n",
    "]"
   ]
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   "source": [
    "Try to loop the books and print the title and their price. We don’t need to print the category in this exercise."
   ]
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      "None\n",
      "None\n",
      "None\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "for book in books:\n",
    "    # Your code here\n",
    "    title = None\n",
    "    price = None\n",
    "    print(None)"
   ]
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    "|Expected result|\n",
    "|---|\n",
    "|Python Tricks: \\$240|\n",
    "|Python Crash Course: \\$200|\n",
    "|Getting Real: \\$200|"
   ]
  },
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    "## List convertion with map"
   ]
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     "text": [
      "['Pass', 'Fail', 'Pass', 'Pass', 'Pass', 'Fail', 'Fail']\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "def is_student_pass(score):\n",
    "    if score >= 60:\n",
    "        return \"Pass\"\n",
    "    else:\n",
    "        return \"Fail\"\n",
    "\n",
    "scores = [80, 59, 62, 70, 99, 40, 51]\n",
    "\n",
    "result_map = map(is_student_pass, scores)\n",
    "result_list = list(result_map)\n",
    "\n",
    "print(result_list)"
   ]
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   "source": [
    "## Count how many occurances in a list"
   ]
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    "result_list.count(\"Pass\")"
   ]
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    "result_list.count(\"Fail\")"
   ]
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   "source": [
    "## range(start, end, step)\n",
    "\n",
    "Sometimes, we don’t have the list to iterate. But we know how many steps we want to loop. In this case, we can use `range`."
   ]
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     "text": [
      "0\n",
      "1\n",
      "2\n",
      "3\n",
      "4\n",
      "5\n",
      "6\n",
      "7\n",
      "8\n",
      "9\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# print(\"0-9\")\n",
    "for i in range(10):\n",
    "    print(i)"
   ]
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     "text": [
      "1\n",
      "2\n",
      "3\n",
      "4\n",
      "5\n",
      "6\n",
      "7\n",
      "8\n",
      "9\n",
      "10\n"
     ]
    }
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   "source": [
    "# print(\"1-10\")\n",
    "for i in range(1,11):\n",
    "    print(i)"
   ]
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   "execution_count": 14,
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   "outputs": [
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     "text": [
      "1\n",
      "3\n",
      "5\n",
      "7\n",
      "9\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# print(\"1,3,5,7,9\")\n",
    "for i in range(1,10,2):\n",
    "    print(i)"
   ]
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     "text": [
      "2\n",
      "4\n",
      "6\n",
      "8\n",
      "10\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "# print(\"2,4,6,8,10\")\n",
    "for i in range(2,11,2):\n",
    "    print(i)"
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   "source": [
    "## Code example: while-loop\n",
    "\n",
    "By combining list and while loop, we can keep appending the value to the `tasks` list until the input is \"q\". The `break` command exits the while-loop."
   ]
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      "Please input a to-do task, or 'q' to quit. q\n",
      "[]\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "tasks = []\n",
    "\n",
    "while True:\n",
    "    value = input(\"Please input a to-do task, or 'q' to quit. \")\n",
    "\n",
    "    if value == 'q':\n",
    "        break\n",
    "        \n",
    "    tasks.append(value)\n",
    "    \n",
    "print(tasks)"
   ]
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   "source": [
    "You can tell from the indentation that line 4—9 under the `while True:` loop. Line 7 is under the `if value=='q':` loop.\n",
    "\n",
    "Keep in mind that we need to be careful when using `while True:`. the condition is always true so the loop will run forever until we meet the `break` command. If the logic we designed has flaw, the loop may never end."
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   "source": [
    "## Exercise: while-loop\n",
    "\n",
    "In this exercise, we would like to create a guest list by modifying `while` loop example given above."
   ]
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      "[]\n"
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   "source": [
    "guests = []\n",
    "\n",
    "# Your code here\n",
    "while None:\n",
    "    value = input(\"Your text here \")\n",
    "    if value == 'q':\n",
    "        break\n",
    "    \n",
    "    None # append the value to guests\n",
    "    \n",
    "print(guests)"
   ]
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    "## Summary\n",
    "\n",
    "In this lesson, we learned the basic logic flow. Specifically:\n",
    "\n",
    "- if-condition\n",
    "- loop with or without known iteration count\n",
    "- while-loop\n",
    "- for-loop\n",
    "- range"
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