Lesson overview
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This week we will focus on repeating tasks and making decisions in Python.
Both of these concepts are part of the larger computing idea called *control flow*, which refers to how the execution of different parts of a computer program is determined.
We will learn how to alter the execution of our notebooks using (1) *loops*, which are used to repeat execution of parts of a program, and (2) *conditional statements*, which use basic logical tests to determine which parts of a program will be run.
The main components of today's lesson can be found in the navigation bar to the left.
Learning goals
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After this weeks lesson your should be able to:
- Create a ``for`` loop and use it to repeat a section of code
- Use ``if``, ``elif``, and ``else`` statements to make decisions in your programs
- Explain how values can be compared using comparison operators
Lesson videos
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.. admonition:: Lesson 3.1 - Repeating tasks with loops
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