Assigning a new variable in a IF loop

[pythoneer]

I am trying a very basic IF loop in which i am trying to create a new variable like below

for i in range(1,16):
   for j in range(i,i+14):
       if (j > 13):
            {
             jdisplay = "j%13"
            }
       else:
            {
             jdisplay=j
            }
print(i,j)

i am not getting this right, i want the number not to exceed 13, if it is greater than 13 a new variable called jdisplay should be created and the value should be modulo division of j with 13.

[nilamo]

a new variable called jdisplay should be created

How many different variables, all named jdisplay, do you want?
And why are there braces in your code?

[pythoneer]

oops, sorry , i got this working, this is what happens when i switch from something else to something i started to learn..thanks

for i in range(1,16):
   for j in range(i,i+14):
       if (j > 13):
        jdisplay = j%13

       else:
        jdisplay=j
        print(i,jdisplay)

[buran]

i think you need to dedent line 8 one level.
Also note that your indentation is not consistent - you have 3, 4 and 1 space indentation.

[nilamo]

So that works, right? I'm not a huge fan of hoisting variables to their containing scope, so even though it works, I'd put a default value before the loop. Something like:

jdisplay = None
for i in range(1, 16):
    for j in range(i, i+14):
        if j > 13:
            jdisplay = j % 13
        else:
            jdisplay = j
print(jdisplay)

[pythoneer]

i think you need to dedent line 8 one level.
Also note that your indentation is not consistent - you have 3, 4 and 1 space indentation.

Thanks for the inputs, will correct it

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So that works, right? I'm not a huge fan of hoisting variables to their containing scope, so even though it works, I'd put a default value before the loop. Something like:

jdisplay = None
for i in range(1, 16):
    for j in range(i, i+14):
        if j > 13:
            jdisplay = j % 13
        else:
            jdisplay = j
print(jdisplay)

Curious to know the difference it would make. Anyways the old one works.