So I know this will likely be a simple answer to this question, but I'm learning some basic python and just did a lesson where you learn to create what looks like tic-tac-toe fields by defining a function and using for loops.

Here is the code:

def drawField(): #we define a funtion using def.
    for row in range (5): #01234
        if row%2 == 0: # if the row is even
            for column in range (5): #Then for rows in the range 5(0,1,2,3,4)
                if column%2 ==0: #(if the column is even)
                    if column!=4: # and not equal to 4
                        print(" ", end ="") #print a space and add the next string. Do not add a new line. 
                    else:
                        print(" ") #or else for rows that are equal to 4, just print a space and end by starting a new line.
                else:
                    print("|", end = "") #For rows that are uneven print | and don't start a new line but continue in the same line. 
        else:
            print("-----") #For all uneven rows just print --------
drawField() #call the drawfield function.

The comments are me going through the code to make sure I know exactly what is happening.

I know it's probably dumb, but at first, I really thought row and column might be keywords that the language recognises, despite having learned about variables. Anyway, just to confirm, I changed the variables to simple letters and I still got my result.

What I'm thinking as I'm writing this is that initially, it's just two normal numeric series and then the end="" parameter is what actually determines the layout. Yeah, that sounds right to me actually but I would appreciate any confirmation because I could be totally off haha.

Thanks in advance!