Why does this code, does not return (or print) the 0 index of the list?
N = int(input())
letters = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z']
for i in range(N):
print(letters[i]*i)
output: should be:
A
BB
CCC
DDDD
EEEEE
FFFFFF
GGGGGGG
But im getting this, without the "A":
B
CC
DDD
EEEE
FFFFF
GGGGGG
CodePudding user response:
Because i starts counting at zero.
If you type:
for i in range(10):
print(i)
You'll see:
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
If you want to count from 1 to N instead of 0 to N-1, type:
print(letters[i]*(i 1))
CodePudding user response:
Because 0 times a list wont print it. You need to add 1.
N = int(input())
letters = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z']
for i in range(N):
print(letters[i]*(i 1))
CodePudding user response:
the i starts from 0. So you need:
for i in range(N):
print(letters[i]*(i 1))
CodePudding user response:
the for i in range
starts at 0. It then tries to execute
print(letters[i]*i)
At index 0, this translates to
print(letters[0]*0)
Since the resulting string is multiplied by zero, it outputs nothing. Changing i
to i 1
would solve this issue, as other commenters have pointed out.