how do you make a For loop when you don't need index in python?
coding-style, dummy-data, pylint, python
Solution
There is no "natural" way to loop n times without a counter variable in Python, and you should not resort to ugly hacks just to silence code analyzers.
In your case I would suggest one of the following:
- Just ignore the PyLint warning (or filter reported warnings for one-character variables)
- Configure PyLint to ignore variables named `i`, that are usually only used in `for` loops anyway.
- Mark unused variables using a prefix, probably using the default `_` (it's less distracting than `dummy`)
Problem
If I need a `for` loop in Python: ``` for i in range(1,42): print "spam" ``` but don't use the `i` for anything, pylint complains about the unused variable. How should I handle this? I know you can do this: ``` for dummy_index in range(1,42): print "spam" ``` but doing this seems quite strange to me. Is there a better way? I'm quite new to Python, so forgive me if I'm missing something obvious.