Lots of values could be stored using lots of variables:
1 2 3 4 5 6 | # name1 = "Fred"name2 = "Sue"name3 = "Mark"name4 = "Alice"# |
An array stores several values:
1 2 3 | #name = ["Fred", "Sue", "Mark", "Alice"]# |
Each item in an array is identified by an index value, starting with 0:
1 2 3 4 5 | # print(name[0]) # "Fred"print(name[1]) # "Sue" print(name[2]) # "Mark" # |
The values in an array can be accessed efficiently using loops:
1 2 3 4 | # for index in range(4): print(name[index])# |
