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For Loops in the Bee puzzle of Course 4

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    When you use a repeat block to loop your code,
    how does the computer know when it's repeated
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    enough times? The repeat block is actually
    hiding a more sophisticated piece of code
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    called a for loop which counts from a starting
    value up to an ending value by a specific
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    increment. For example, a repeat three block
    counts from 1 to 3 by 1. Every time it counts,
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    it runs the code inside the loop. The for
    loop knows how many times it has run by using
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    a counter variable which is set to the starting
    value at the beginning of the loop and has
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    the increment added to it each time the loop
    is run. As soon as the counter variable is
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    greater than the ending value, the loop stops
    running. The benefit of using a real for loop
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    instead of the repeat block is that you can
    actually see the counter variable and use
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    it in your loop. For example, if I have a
    series of flowers and the first one has one
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    nectar, the second one has two nectars and
    the third one has three, I can use the for
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    loop to tell the bee to collect 'counter'
    nectars each time, which would one at the
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    first flower, two at the second and three
    at the third. Also in a for loop, you can
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    increment the counter by a number other than
    one each time. You can potentially count by
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    2s, 4s or even an amount that changes every
    time through.
Title:
For Loops in the Bee puzzle of Course 4
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Video Language:
English
Team:
Code.org
Project:
CSF '21-'22
Duration:
01:29

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