3.0 Terms and definitions from Course 7, Module 3

break

A keyword that lets a user escape a loop without triggering any ELSE statement that follows it in the loop

Concatenate

To link or join together

Escape character

A character that changes the typical behavior of the characters that follow it

For loop

A piece of code that iterates over a sequence of values

format()

A string method that formats and inserts specific substrings into designated places within a larger string

index()

A string method that outputs the index number of a character in a string

Indexing

A way to refer to the individual items within an iterable by their relative position

Iterable

An object that's looped, or iterated, over

Iteration

The repeated execution of a set of statements, where one iteration is the single execution of a block of code

Loop

A block of code used to carry out iterations

range()

A Python function that returns a sequence of numbers starting from zero, increments by 1 by default, and stops before the given number

String slice

A portion of a string that can contain more than one character; also referred to as a substring

While loop

A loop that instructs the computer to continuously execute the code based on the value of a condition