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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This makes a ton of sense and I think you probably solved this mystery for me.

"Oh I need to iterate over something, and keep track of new information as I do it, therefore I should be able to create 'dynamic variables' as I progress."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Yep, what you failed to realise at the time is you've just invented a dynamic data structure like a list or a dictionary.