Scope of python variable in for loop

Question

Heres the python code im having problems with:

for i in range (0,10):
    if i==5:
        i+=3
    print i

I expected the output to be:

Answer 1

The for loop iterates over all the numbers in range(10), that is, [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9].
That you change the current value of i has no effect on the next value in the range.

You can get the desired behavior with a while loop.

i = 0
while i < 10:
    # do stuff and manipulate `i` as much as you like       
    if i==5:
        i+=3

    print i

    # don't forget to increment `i` manually
    i += 1