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 function excludes the last number in the specified range, however, what is the 'number' part of the syntax?

I am more used to C++ & Java where I'd write the code like:

for (i = 1; i < 101; i++) {    System.out.println(i);    i++; } 

So what exactly is 'number'? I'm sure i'm looking too far into this and there is a simple question.

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); }