for loop: range() result has too many items

[Peng Yu]

Hi,

The following code does not run because range() does not accept a big
number. Is there a way to make the code work. I'm wondering if there
is a way to write a for-loop in python similar to that of C style.

for(int i = 0; i < a_big_number; ++ i)

Regards,
Peng

$ cat for_loop.py
import sys

def foo():
  for i in range(sys.maxint):
    if i % 100 == 0:
      print i

foo()
$ python for_loop.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "for_loop.py", line 8, in <module>
    foo()
  File "for_loop.py", line 4, in foo
    for i in range(sys.maxint):
OverflowError: range() result has too many items