[Tutor] updating step size while in loop

[Hugo Arts]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Abhishek Pratap <abhishek.vit at gmail.com>wrote:

> hey guys
>
> I want to know whether it is possible for dynamically update the step
> size in xrange  or someother slick way.
>
> Here is what I am trying to do, if during a loop I find the x in list
> I want to skip next #n iterations.
>
>
> for x in xrange(start,stop,step):
>     if x in list:
>          step = 14
>     else:
>          step = 1
>
>
>
> Thanks!
> -Abhi
>

It is not possible with a range object. You'll have to make a while loop
and keep track of the step yourself.

Hugo
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