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<!doctype html><html lang="en"><meta charset="utf-8"><title>Collections and repeated work</title><h1>Collections and repeated work</h1><p>15-minute session: read for 3 minutes, trace for 3, experiment for 7, and complete the check for 2. Spend longer whenever you need.</p><p>A collection stores related values. The loop visits 1, 2, and 3, updating the total from 0 to 1, then 3, then 6. Record this trace rather than guessing. Identify the first and last valid positions in this language: Pascal can declare a 1-based array, while many other examples use zero-based containers. Add another value and update the bounds correctly. Explain what an empty collection should produce.</p><p>Indentation groups statements. <code>def</code> defines a function and <code>return</code> supplies its result. A dictionary maps keys to values. The isolated Python 3 lab has the standard library; external packages are not installed by student code.</p><pre><code class="language-python">minutes = [1, 2, 3]
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total = 0
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for value in minutes:
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total += value
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print(total)
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</code></pre><p><strong>Expected result:</strong> <code>6</code></p><h3>Practice and evidence</h3><p>Keep three notes: your prediction, the actual result, and why they match or differ. The completion check grades understanding; the practice task builds skill.</p><p><a href="https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/">Language reference</a></p></html> |