Patrice Gans, a technology teacher and library-media specialist in Connecticut, reviews Jason Brigg's Python for Kids (No Starch Press, 2012).

The for loop construction in Python easily iterates over a collection of items. Here’s what you need to know to use it well.

By using the open () function and a simple loop, you can cycle through a list of file names and assign a variable with a reference to that file, storing it for later use.