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Increment server number in double loop with separator every 5 servers

I need to have the following output

server1
server2
server3
server4
server5
**********************
server6
server7
server8
server9
server10
**********************
server11
server12
server13
server14
server15
**********************
etc

And I have the following code 

import random

s = 0
n = 0
nb = 0
nb0 = 20
nb1 = 5

var1 = "server"
var2 = "**********************"

for i in range(nb0):
    while nb < nb0:
        s = s + 1
        nb = nb + n
        for i in xrange(nb1):
            while n < nb1:
                n = n + 1
            print str(var1) + str(s)
        print var2

but the output is not correct and i am not able to find how I can continue to increment the server numberinside each loop until nb is reached.

server1
server1
server1
server1
server1
**********************
server2
server2
server2
server2
server2
**********************
server3
server3
server3
server3
server3
**********************

thanks for your help

Solution

  • I'd suggest using the modulo operator, here's a small demo:

    numservers = 15 # put anything you want here
for i in range(1,numservers+1):
    print('server{}'.format(i))
    if i%5 == 0:
        print('*'*22)