Change Step Value Inside Range Function?

list1 = [1, 2, 3, 4] i'm trying to figure out a way to change the step value for each printed i What I've tried r = 0 for i in range(0, 10, list1[r]): print i r = r + 1

Solution 1:

I would suggest implementing a generator of your own for this using while loop. Example -

def varied_step_range(start,stop,stepiter):
    step = iter(stepiter)
    while start < stop:
        yield start
        start += next(step)

Then you can use this as -

for i in varied_step_range(start,stop,steplist):
    #Do your logic.

We do the step = iter(stepiter)so that stepiter can be any kind of iterable.

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Demo -

>>> def varied_step_range(start,stop,stepiter):
...     step = iter(stepiter)
...     while start < stop:
...         yield start
...         start += next(step)
... 
>>> for i in varied_step_range(0,10,[1,2,3,4]):
...     print i
... 
0
1
3
6

Solution 2:

Taken into consideration your comment you want something like:

>>> [range(0,10, i) for i in list1]
[[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], [0, 2, 4, 6, 8], [0, 3, 6, 9], [0, 4, 8]]

Update: Since we can't change range() step while iterating:

>> for el in list1:
>>>    print range(0, 10, el)

[*0*, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
[0, *2*, 4, 6, 8]
[0, 3, *6*, 9]
[0, 4, 8] (?)

There is no element from last range..

Solution 3:

You have to iterate over step, not over elements:

index = 0
for i in range(len(your_list)):
    if (index+i)>=len(your_list):
        break
    else:
        print your_list[index+i]
        index = index + i

Output on list [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17]:

1
2
4
7
11
16

Output on list ["a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i"]:

a
b
d
g

Solution 4:

This is not supported by the range function. You have to do the iteration explicitly.

for elem in list1:
  i += elem
  if i > 10:
    break
  print i

Solution 5:

As questions like these seem to appear over and over again, here a even more generic solution:

class RangeBase:
    def __iter__(self):
        i = self.start
        direction = 1 if self.step >= 0 else -1
        while i * direction < self.stop * direction:
            yield i
            i += self.step

This mixin class can be used in serveral ways:

class DynamicRange(RangeBase):
    def __init__(self, start, stop, step=1):
        self.start = start
        self.stop = stop
        self.step = step

class StepListRange(RangeBase):
    def __init__(self, start, stop, steps):
        self.start = start
        self.stop = stop
        self.steps = iter(steps)
    @property
    def step(self):
        return next(self.steps)

Let's test them:

>>> a = DynamicRange(1,111,2)
>>> b = iter(a)
>>> next(b)
1
>>> next(b)
3
>>> next(b)
5
>>> next(b)
7
>>> next(b)
9
>>> next(b)
11
>>> next(b)
13
>>> next(b)
15
>>> a.step=3
>>> next(b)
18
>>> next(b)
21
>>> next(b)
24
>>> next(b)
27
>>> next(b)
30
>>> next(b)
33
>>> next(b)
36
>>> next(b)
39
>>> next(b)
42
>>> next(b)
45
>>> a.step=30
>>> next(b)
75
>>> next(b)
105
>>> next(b)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
StopIteration

and

>>> a=StepListRange(1,100,[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,20,30,40])
>>> b=iter(a)
>>> next(b)
1
>>> next(b)
3
>>> next(b)
6
>>> next(b)
10
>>> next(b)
15
>>> next(b)
21
>>> next(b)
28
>>> next(b)
36
>>> next(b)
45
>>> next(b)
55
>>> next(b)
75
>>> next(b)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
StopIteration
>>>