Setting list values

Published: Wednesday, Dec 26, 2007 Last modified: Saturday, Mar 23, 2024

How to set a list value in a for loop.

>>> list = range(5)

>>> list

[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]

>>> for i in list:

...     i = i + 1

...

>>> list

[0, 1, 2, 3, 4]

We desired [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] A list comprehension:

>>> [i + 1 for i in list]

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]