This lesson introduces Python commands that control how the computer executes a program. These commands include conditional statements, which control, based on a pre-defined condition, what code blocks are executed, and looping statements, which repeat code blocks until a predefined condition is met.
By the end of this lesson, you will be learn about
if statements to perform conditional code evaluation,for statements to iteratively process data, andwhile statements to perform a predefined operation until a condition is reached.Approximately 2 hours.
Video: Watch the Python flow control video, which will discuss how to use flow control statements like conditional statements and loops to write more effective and powerful Python program.
Notebook: Read and complete the practice exercises in the Python flow control notebook.
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