for loop

[Steven Bethard]

houbahop wrote:
> for i=morethanzero to n

for i in range(morethanzero, n):
     ...

> for i= 5 to len(var)

for i in range(5, len(var)):
     ...

although range(len(var)) is usually not what you want, because you can 
just do:

for item in itertools.islice(var, 5, None):
     ...

or if you really do need the index too:

for i, item in itertools.islice(enumerate(var), 5, None):
     ...

Steve