Iterable can be either a string or a sequence¶

ID: py/iteration-string-and-sequence
Kind: problem
Security severity: 
Severity: error
Precision: high
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   - quality
   - reliability
   - correctness
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The for statement is designed to allow you to iterate over the elements of a sequence or other iterable object. Strings in Python are iterable, and often used as such. However, they are also often considered, not as sequences of characters, but as atomic entities.