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Defining iteration

Defining iteration - Python Tutorial

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Defining iteration

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Let's say two people, Player 1 and Player 2 are playing guess the word. Player 1 comes up with a word or phrase and Player 2 needs to guess it. During the game, Player 1 can provide hints to Player 2 so Player 2 can make more informed guesses. One of these hints might be the number of vowels in the word or phrase. As a fun exercise, let's say you're going to code guess the word, meaning you're building the game so it can be played online. Given the correct word or phrase, how exactly would you find the number of vowels in it? You do this by going through each character in the correct word or phrase, checking if that character is a vowel and keeping track of how many vowels you encounter. The word that Player 1 comes up with can be stored in a variable named word. Say Player 1 chooses "serendipitous." So you could create a variable named word and assign it to the string, "serendipitous." So word has the value of serendipitous. Now, you probably know what vowels are, but your computer…

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