Python question

Question

x=1
word="python"
for i in word:
i=x
x +=2
print(i)

"output" is 11 but i could not get how we obtain this value

Answer 1

#By changing the code as follow it explains itself.
x=1
word="python"
for i in word:
print(i,end=' ')
i=x
x +=2
print(i,x,word)
print(i)

Answer 2

You can't use a for each loop to assign new values to a string. i = x doesn't change the string. All you do is count the characters of the string, starting with 1 and increasing by 2 for every character but the last one.

(I edited my answer because I thought the last line said print(x) instead of print(i). Sorry)

Answer 3

x is increased 6 times, but its value is assigned to i before the increment, so i is 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11.

Answer 4

Kishalaya Saha I edited my answer because I thought the last line was print(x) instead of print(i). 11 is correct. It's still a weird use of a for each clause though

Answer 5

Anna
Agree 100%. This is the type of weird questions that are only seen on Sololearn PvP challenges (I haven't seen this one though). No one in their right mind ever does that. But sometimes these things do help us understand how things work in the background.

Answer 6

I feel this sort of somewhat nonsensical problems help learning to find your own mistakes: Sometimes we accidentally write a wrong name and strange stuff happens. ;-)

Answer 7

Anna I don't think you're right. Try what Louis says. The variable "word" does not change. But i does.