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

If for some reason you did really want to change add 3 to i when it's equal to 5, and skip the next elements (this is kind of advancing the pointer in C 3 elements), then you can use an iterator and consume a few bits from that:

from collections import deque
from itertools import islice

x = iter(range(10)) # create iterator over list, so we can skip unnecessary bits
for i in x:
    if i == 5:             
        deque(islice(x, 3), 0) # "swallow up" next 3 items
        i += 3 # modify current i to be 8
    print i

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1
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9