variable within a nested loop in python

Question

I'm trying to figure what the values of xcoord_orig and ycoord_orig are when the last conditional statement is true i.e. when board[xcoordT][ycoordT] == computer. I feel that as I have it right now, I'm simply printing their values if the conditional statement is true. But what I really want are the values of xcoord_orig and ycoord_orig under the first loop at the point where the last conditional statement is true. I'm not sure if this is clear but I thought I would ask.

for num in range(8):
 for i in range(len(valid_list)):
 xcoord_orig = valid_list[i][0]
 ycoord_orig = valid_list[i][1]
 xcoord1 = valid_list[i][0] + num_list[num]
 ycoord1 = valid_list[i][1] + num_list2[num]
 if 0 <= xcoord1 <= 7 and 0 <= ycoord1 <= 7:
 piece = board[xcoord1][ycoord1]
 if piece == player:
 move_list = []
 for i in range(2,8):
 xcoordT = xcoord_orig
 ycoordT = ycoord_orig - i
 print(xcoord_orig, ycoord_orig)
 if board[xcoordT][ycoordT] == computer:
 move_list.append([xcoordT, ycoordT])
 print(xcoord_orig, ycoord_orig)

• Vinay: So did you want the actual values in separate variables? I'm a bit confused mate.

Answer 1

This

for i in range(len(valid_list)):
 ... 
 for i in range(2,8):

Is epic fail. It can't be correct.

• user637965: you mean reusing i or something else?
• S.Lott: @seekingjannah: You can't reuse variables randomly. Variables have meaning which you should be able to state clearly, completely and precisely. And the meaning of a variable in a given scope cannot ever change. i can't mean two different things in the two loops. That's just impossible to make sense of.
• user637965: Thanks for pointing out the reusing variables error. I changed it but it still doesn't fix my problem :(. In fact, it doesn't seem to make any difference at all.
• lynn: I'm not saying reusing variables is a smart idea, but since the inner for block doesn't reference the outer value of i, and there is no code in the outer block after the inner one, it doesn't matter in this case.