Conditionals

and
Iterations
 Conditional Execution

• To write useful programs we need the ability to check conditions and

change the behaviour of the program accordingly.
• Different conditional statements in python are:
– IF
– IF ---Else (Alternative Execution)
– IF--- ELIF---- ELSE (Chained Conditionals)
– Nested Conditionals
 If Condition
• If x > 0:
print "x is positive“
• The Boolean expression after the if statement is called the condition. If
it is true, then the indented statement gets executed. If not, nothing
happens.
• Structure of If
– HEADER:
FIRST STATEMENT
...
LAST STATEMENT
 If Condition

• There is no limit on the number of statements that can appear in the

body of an if statement, but there has to be at least one.
• Occasionally, it is useful to have a body with no statements (usually as a
place keeper for code you haven't written yet). In that case, you can use
the pass statement, which does nothing.
 Alternative Execution
• A second form of the if statement is alternative execution, in which
there are two possibilities and the condition determines which one gets
executed.
• Eg:
if x%2 == 0:
print x, "is even"
else:
print x, "is odd“
• The alternatives are called branches.
 Continue….

• Since the condition must be true or false, exactly one of the

alternatives will be executed. The alternatives are called branches,
because they are branches in the flow of execution.
 Chained Conditionals
• Sometimes there are more than two possibilities and we need more
than two branches.
if x < y:
print x, "is less than", y
elif x > y:
print x, "is greater than", y
else:
print x, "and", y, "are equal“
NOTE: There is no limit of the number of elif statements, but the last
branch has to be an else statement
 Nested conditionals
• One conditional can also be nested within another.
if x == y:
print x, "and", y, "are equal"
else:
if x < y:
print x, "is less than", y
else:
print x, "is greater than", y
if 0 < x and x < 10:
print "x is a positive single digit.“

• Python provides an alternative syntax that is similar to mathematical

notation:
if 0 < x < 10:
print "x is a positive single digit."
 Shortcuts for Conditions
• Numeric value 0 is treated as False
• Empty sequence "", [] is treated as False
• Everything else is True
if m%n:
(m,n) = (n,m%n)
else:
gcd = n
 Avoid Nested If
• For example, We can rewrite the following code using a single
conditional:
if 0 < x:
if x < 10:
print "x is a positive single digit.“
Better way:
if 0 < x and x < 10:
print "x is a positive single digit."
ITERATION
 Doing the Same Thing Many Times

• It’s possible to do something repeatedly by just writing it all out

• Print ‘hello’ 5 times
>>> print('Hello!')
Hello
>>> print('Hello!')
Count n Hello
times >>> print('Hello!')
Hello
>>> print('Hello!')
Hello
Statements >>> print('Hello!')
Hello
 Iteration and Loops
• A loop repeats a sequence of statements
• A definite loop repeats a sequence of statements a predictable number
of times

>>> for x in range(5): print('Hello!')

...
Hello
Count n Hello
times Hello
Hello
Hello
Statements
 The for Loop
• Python’s for loop can be used to iterate a definite number of times
for <variable> in range(<number of times>): <statement>
• Use this syntax when you have only one statement to repeat
for <variable> in range(<number of times>):
<statement-1>
<statement-2>
…
<statement-n> >>> for x in range(3):
... print('Hello!')
... print('goodbye')
•Use indentation to format two or ...
Hello!
more statements below the loop goodbye
Hello!
header goodbye
Hello!
goodbye
 Using the Loop Variable
• The loop variable picks up the next value in a sequence on each pass
through the loop
• The expression range(n) generates a sequence of ints from 0
through n - 1
loop variable

>>> for x in range(5): print(x)

...
0
1
2
3
4
>>> list(range(5)) # Show as a list
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
 Counting from 1 through n

• The expression range(low, high) generates a sequence of ints from low

through high - 1

>>> for x in range(1, 6): print(x)

...
1
2
3
4
5
 Counting from n through 1

• The expression range(high, low, step) generates a sequence of ints

from high through low+1.

>>> for x in range(6, 1, -1): print(x)

...
6
5
4
3
2
 Skipping Steps in a Sequence

• The expression range(low, high, step) generates a sequence of ints

starting with low and counting by step until high - 1 is reached or
exceeded
>>> for x in range(1, 6, 2): print(x)
...
1
3
5
>>> list(range(1, 6, 2)) # Show as a list
[1, 3, 5]
 While Loop
A for loop is used when a program knows it needs to repeat a block of
code for a certain number of times.
A while loop is used when a program needs to loop until a particular
condition occurs.
Flow of Execution for WHILE Statement
Looping Until User Wants To Quit
 Range Function
• Range returns an immutable sequence objects of integers between
the given start integer to the stop integer.
• range() constructor has two forms of definition:
– range(stop)
– range(start, stop, step)
• start - integer starting from which the sequence of integers is to be returned
• integer before which the sequence of integers is to be returned.
The range of integers end at stop - 1.
– step (Optional) - integer value which determines the increment between each integer in
the sequence
 Exercise
1. Write a password guessing program to keep track of how many
times the user has entered the password wrong. If it is more than 3
times, print "You have been denied access." and terminate the
program. If the password is correct, print "You have successfully
logged in." and terminate the program.
2. Write a program that asks for two numbers. If the sum of the
numbers is greater than 100, print "That is a big number" and
terminate the program.
3. Write a Python program that accepts a word from the user and
reverse it.
4. Write a python program to find those numbers which are divisible
by 7 and multiples of 5, between 1500 and 2700.
5. Write a Python program to get the Fibonacci series between 0 to 50.
6. Write a Python program which iterates the integers from 1 to 50. For multiples of
three print "Fizz" instead of the number and for the multiples of five print "Buzz".
For numbers which are multiples of both three and five print "FizzBuzz“
7. Write a Python program to print alphabet pattern 'A'.
8. Write a Python program to print alphabet pattern 'D‘.
9. Write a Python program to check whether an alphabet is a vowel or consonant.
10. Write a Python program to check a triangle is equilateral, isosceles or scalene.
Note :An equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides are equal.
A scalene triangle is a triangle that has three unequal sides.
An isosceles triangle is a triangle with (at least) two equal sides.