I'm brand new to python and have an assignment to "Use two nested for loops. Count up in the outer for loop from 0 to 9 and then at every step count back down to zero."
The answer is supposed to be this:
i= 0
k= 0
i= 1
k= 1
k= 0
i= 2
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 3
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 4
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 5
k= 5
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 6
k= 6
k= 5
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 7
k= 7
k= 6
k= 5
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 8
k= 8
k= 7
k= 6
k= 5
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 9
k= 9
k= 8
k= 7
k= 6
k= 5
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
So every time the i counts up, k counts down starting from the previous value of i. I believe I understand the general concept of nested forloops, but I'm not sure if my problem lies in identifying the range for k or in printing i and/or k. Here's what I have:
for i in range(0,10):
for k in range(i+1):
print 'i=',i,''
print 'k=',k,''
But it doesn't give me what I need. It seems like k is going up when I run it, probably because of the (i+1) but it's the closest answer I've gotten so far and I've been having a fair amount of trouble. I'm not looking for the answer itself, but if someone could point me in the right direction that would be very helpful. Thanks!
You just need your second for loop to go backwards instead of forwards. Right now it is going from 0 to i.
The syntax for this is:
for k in range(i, -1, -1):
This starts k at i, until k is not -1, applying -1 to it in each iteration.
So your complete program would be:
for i in range(0,10):
print 'i=',i,''
for k in range(i, -1, -1):
print 'k=',k,''
Output:
i= 0
k= 0
i= 1
k= 1
k= 0
i= 2
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 3
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 4
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 5
k= 5
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 6
k= 6
k= 5
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 7
k= 7
k= 6
k= 5
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 8
k= 8
k= 7
k= 6
k= 5
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0
i= 9
k= 9
k= 8
k= 7
k= 6
k= 5
k= 4
k= 3
k= 2
k= 1
k= 0