In Python, how does a for loop with `range` work?

Question

for number in range(1,101): 
    print number

Can someone please explain to me why the above code prints 1-100? I understand that the range functio

Answer 1

number is equivalent to i in your C loop, i.e., it is a variable that holds the value of each loop iteration.

A simple translation of your Python code to C would result in something along these lines:

for (int number = 1; number < 101; number++) {
  printf("%d\n", number);
}