iterable
7.7
A collection you can use in a loop to access items, like a list or string
- noun
- /ˈɪtərəbəl/
- Specialized
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objeto iterable
- The list of numbers is an iterable that you can easily access with a for loop.
Examples
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If you go through it, we get an iterable of pairs of keys and values.
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So notice the months here is actually this, this, this the value that this range returns, which is like an iterable, like a tuple.
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In Python, an iterable allows you to traverse its elements using a loop.
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To display each item in the set, we need to use the iterable interface.
Synonyms
7.8
Can be listed and used one item at a time by a program
is a general programmable collection you loop over to access each element
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Iterable as a noun shares the Latin root iter- from iterare, meaning 'to do again', and simply means 'something you can go through'. So an iterable object, like a list or a string, is one you can loop over to visit each element in order.
