Add example: For what?
* Adds a new example * Merges an existing example "Loop variable resilient to changes" in the explanation of this example Closes https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfpython/issues/23
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- [💡 Explanation:](#-explanation-19)
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- [Needle in a Haystack](#needle-in-a-haystack)
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- [💡 Explanation:](#-explanation-20)
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- [not knot!](#not-knot)
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- [For what?](#for-what)
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- [💡 Explanation:](#-explanation-21)
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- [Loop variable resilient to changes](#loop-variable-resilient-to-changes)
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- [not knot!](#not-knot)
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- [💡 Explanation:](#-explanation-22)
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- [Let's see if you can guess this?](#lets-see-if-you-can-guess-this)
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- [💡 Explanation:](#-explanation-23)
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---
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### For what?
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Suggested by @MittalAshok in [this](https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfpython/issues/23) issue.
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```py
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some_string = "wtf"
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some_dict = {}
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for i, some_dict[i] in enumerate(some_string):
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pass
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```
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**Outuput:**
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```py
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>>> some_dict # An indexed dict is created.
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{0: 'w', 1: 'f', 2: 'f'}
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```
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#### 💡 Explanation:
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* A `for` statement is defined in the [Python grammar](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/grammar.html) as:
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```
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for_stmt: 'for' exprlist 'in' testlist ':' suite ['else' ':' suite]
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```
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Where `exprlist` is the assignment target. This means that the equivalent of `{exprlist} = {next_value}` is **executed for each item** in the iterable.
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An interesting example suggested by @tukkek in [this](https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfPython/issues/11) issue illustrates this:
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```py
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for i in range(4):
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print(i)
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i = 10
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```
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**Output:**
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```
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0
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1
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2
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3
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```
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Did you expect the loop to run just once?
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**💡 Explanation:**
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- The assignment statement `i = 10` never affects the iterations of the loop because of the way for loops work in Python. Before the beginning of every iteration, the next item provided by the iterator (`range(4)` this case) is unpacked and assigned the target list variables (`i` in this case).
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* The `enumerate(some_string)` function yields a new value `i` (A counter going up) and a character from the `some_string` in each iteration. It then sets the (just assigned) `i` key of the dictionary `some_dict` to that character. The unrolling of the loop can be simplified as:
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```py
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>>> i, some_dict[i] = (0, 'w')
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>>> i, some_dict[i] = (1, 't')
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>>> i, some_dict[i] = (2, 'f')
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>>> some_dict
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```
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### not knot!
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Suggested by @MostAwesomeDude in [this](https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfPython/issues/1) issue.
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### Loop variable resilient to changes
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Suggested by @tukkek in [this](https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfPython/issues/11) issue.
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```py
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for i in range(7):
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print(i)
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i = 10
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```
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**Output:**
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```
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0
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```
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Did you expect the loop to run just once?
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#### 💡 Explanation:
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- [Source](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html#the-for-statement)
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- The assignment statement `i = 10` never affects the iterations of the loop because of the way for loops work in Python. Before the beginning of every iteration, the next item provided by the iterator (`range(7)` this case) is unpacked and assigned the target list variables (`i` in this case).
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### Let's see if you can guess this?
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Suggested by @PiaFraus in [this](https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfPython/issues/9) issue.
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