Nested for loop resets iterator even though the iterator is manipulated

Asked Jan 06 '20 at 21:06

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my code is something like this:

something = True

for i in range(5):
    if something: 
        for ii in range (2):
            print(i)
            i += 1
        something = False

    print(i)

The output is:

But what I expect is 0 to 4 because the i is manipulated in the ii-loop. What's wrong in my code?

asked Jan 06 '20 at 21:06

cactie

1

The loop variable is reassigned by the for loop at each iteration. If you want to skip iterations, use a while loop. – cs95 Jan 06 '20 at 21:09
You can also use `continue` but you may just want to do a `while`. – Error - Syntactical Remorse Jan 06 '20 at 21:14

Nested for loop resets iterator even though the iterator is manipulated

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