[python] for loop in Python

In C/C++, I can have the following loop

for(int k = 1; k <= c ; k +=2)

How do the same thing in Python?

I can do this

for k in range(1,c):

In Python, which would be identical to

for(int k = 1; k <= c ; k++)

in C/C++.

Try using this:

for k in range(1,c+1,2):

The range() function in python is a way to generate a sequence. Sequences are objects that can be indexed, like lists, strings, and tuples. An easy way to check for a sequence is to try retrieve indexed elements from them. It can also be checked using the Sequence Abstract Base Class(ABC) from the collections module.

from collections import Sequence as sq
isinstance(foo, sq)

The range() takes three arguments start, stop and step.

1. start : The staring element of the required sequence
2. stop : (n+1)th element of the required sequence
3. step : The required gap between the elements of the sequence. It is an optional parameter that defaults to 1.

To get your desired result you can make use of the below syntax.

range(1,c+1,2)

Use this instead of a for loop:

k = 1
while k <= c:
   #code
   k += 1

In C/C++, we can do the following, as you mentioned

for(int k = 1; k <= c ; k++)
for(int k = 1; k <= c ; k +=2)

We know that here k starts with 1 and go till (predefined) c with step value 1 or 2 gradually. We can do this in Python by following,

for k in range(1,c+1):
for k in range(1,c+1,2):

Check this for more in depth.

In Python you generally have for in loops instead of general for loops like C/C++, but you can achieve the same thing with the following code.

for k in range(1, c+1, 2):
  do something with k

Reference Loop in Python.

If you want to write a loop in Python which prints some integer no etc, then just copy and paste this code, it'll work a lot

# Display Value from 1 TO 3  
for i in range(1,4):
    print "",i,"value of loop"

# Loop for dictionary data type
  mydata = {"Fahim":"Pakistan", "Vedon":"China", "Bill":"USA"  }  
  for user, country in mydata.iteritems():
    print user, "belongs to " ,country

Here are some example to iterate over integer range and string:

#(initial,final but not included,gap)
for i in range(1,10,2): 
  print(i); 
1,3,5,7,9

# (initial, final but not included)  
# note: 4 not included
for i in range (1,4): 
   print(i);
1,2,3 

#note: 5 not included
for i in range (5):
  print (i);
0,1,2,3,4 

# you can also iterate over strings
myList = ["ml","ai","dl"];  

for i in myList:
  print(i);
output:  ml,ai,dl

The answer is good, but for the people that want this with range(), the form to do is:

range(end):

>>> list(range(10))
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

range(start,end):

 >>> list(range(1, 11))
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

range(start,end, step):

 >>> list(range(0, 30, 5))
[0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25]