What Does "itersLeft" Mean?
<p>I'm learning Python via the MIT OpenWare courses and generally the instructor is pretty good about explaining things as he goes. However today he used the expression "itersLeft" in a bit of code and went right over it assuming everyone knew what it meant. I've tried Googling it but with little luck. Can anyone explain what that means and what it's function is?</p>

<p>Code:</p>

<pre><code>y = 0 
x = 3 
itersLeft = x 
while(itersLeft&gt;0):
    y = y = x
    itersLeft = itersLeft - 1
    #print 'y =',y,',itersLeft=',itersLeft
    print y
</code></pre>

<p>EDIT:</p>

<p>Here's a link to the vid: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pij6J0HsYFA&amp;p=4C4720A6F225E074" rel="nofollow">Lec 2 | MIT 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming</a></p>

<p>Here's a link to the full code: <a href="http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/50241/6-00Fall-2007/NR/rdonlyres/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-00Fall-2007/7F773318-698A-4187-9EFC-911A0A5DE5B3/0/lec2.pdf.txt?sequence=203" rel="nofollow">Code Link</a></p>

<p>Thinking it may be short hand for "integers left".. I dunno :/</p>
