Decrementing for loops

Question

I want to have a for loop like so:

for counter in range(10,0):
       print counter,

and the output should be 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

score 108 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 14 '17 at 05:59

108

a = " ".join(str(i) for i in range(10, 0, -1))
print (a)

edited Sep 14 '17 at 05:59

Eimantas

answered Jan 22 '11 at 11:00

user225312

score 56 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '11 at 11:01

56

Check out the range documentation, you have to define a negative step:

>>> range(10, 0, -1)
[10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]

answered Jan 22 '11 at 11:01

AndiDog

score 17 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 22 '11 at 11:02

17

You need to give the range a -1 step

 for i in range(10,0,-1):
    print i

answered Jan 22 '11 at 11:02

Navi

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 10 '15 at 21:17

11

for i in range(10,0,-1):
    print i,

The range() function will include the first value and exclude the second.

answered Sep 10 '15 at 21:17

PrithviJC

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 30 '15 at 07:21

1

range step should be -1

   for k in range(10,0,-1):
      print k

answered Jun 30 '15 at 07:21

Aysun Itai

Could you please elaborate more your answer adding a little more description about the solution you provide? – abarisone Jun 30 '15 at 07:39

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