using range() in for loops

[Georg Brandl]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:15:12 +0200, Georg Brandl wrote:
> 
>> sushant.sirsikar at gmail.com wrote:
>>> hi John,
>>>      Python doesn't provide for loop like C / C++ but using Range() or
>>> Xrange() you can achive all the functionalities of the C for loop.
>> 
>> Not quite.
> 
> Care to explain what the differences are, or shall we guess?

C's for is much more powerful.

for(a; b; c) { d } translates to

a
while b
 d
 c

which can't be replaced by a simple

for i in range(...)

Georg