Help! What’s the difference?

Question

#1
Import random

For x in range(5):
value=random.randint(1,6)
print(value)
#2
Import random

For x in range(5):
x=random.randint(1,6)
print(x)

What is the difference between the first and second?
Why is x used in #1 when it is not referred to anywhere else in the next lines of code?
Shouldn’t the random integer generated in #2 be in the range of (0,5) how can 6 appear?
Thanks for the much needed help!

Answer 1

There is no difference, that is, the printed result is the same.
for x in range (5): means that it will loop from 0 to 4.
In the first loop x will be 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, and value gets random values between 1 and 6. In the second one x will also be 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 but in between it also gets the random values.

If you run the samples like this you will see a difference:

#1
import random

for x in range(5):
print(x)
value=random.randint(1,6)
print(value)

#2
import random

for x in range(5):
print(x)
x=random.randint(1,6)
print(x)

Answer 2

It is for the number of loops indeed.

Answer 3

Thanks for the reply, so the “for x in range(5):” is actually redundant? Or is it required to tell how many loops the print should run for?

Answer 4

Alright thanks for the help!