TypeError: looping directly over a number

What this problem practises

Loops are where off-by-one bugs live. range() excludes its stop value, the loop variable keeps its last value even after the loop ends, and break versus continue changes the flow in ways that are easy to misread when you skim.

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Difficulty: easy — the fix or the trick is normally a single line, and a careful read should be enough.

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