Iteratable object

Question

Hi, I am really confused about iterators in Python, I have watched some videos on youtube, but it is not helping me, can somebody please explain me what an iterable object is in Python, with example? Thank you.

Answer 1

In simple terms, they are things that have countable items.

A list is an iterable object because we can count how many elements are within the list. And that way, we can also loop over those items. For example:

//Below is a list (or an array in many other languages)
video_games = ["Gears of War", "Halo", "Stardew Valley", "Half-Life", " Animal Crossing"]

//I can now use a for loop to ITERATE (loop over) all the elements in that list. This loop is going over the items one by one.

for game in video_games:
print(game)

The output should be:
Gears of War
Halo
Stardew Valley
Half-Life
Animal Crossing