Iterating Over Elements

Iteration means going through elements one by one in a sequence. With lists, we can access each element systematically using different methods.

The most common way to iterate through a list is using a for loop:

fruits = ["apple", "banana", "orange"]
for fruit in fruits:
    print(fruit)

Output:

apple
banana
orange

When iterating, you can also use the len() function to get the number of elements in a list, or to check the length of individual elements. For example, len(fruits) returns 3, and len("apple") returns 5:

words = ["hi", "hello", "hey", "howdy"]
for word in words:
    if len(word) > 3:
        print(word)

Output:

hello
howdy