[Tutor] updating step size while in loop

[Abhishek Pratap]

Ok thanks Hugo. I have the while loop working

-A

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Hugo Arts <hugo.yoshi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Abhishek Pratap <abhishek.vit at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> hey guys
>>
>> I want to know whether it is possible for dynamically update the step
>> size in xrange  or someother slick way.
>>
>> Here is what I am trying to do, if during a loop I find the x in list
>> I want to skip next #n iterations.
>>
>>
>> for x in xrange(start,stop,step):
>>     if x in list:
>>          step = 14
>>     else:
>>          step = 1
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Abhi
>
>
> It is not possible with a range object. You'll have to make a while loop and
> keep track of the step yourself.
>
> Hugo