I’ve tried this, and I’d like to know more about why this doesn’t work. count += 1 works as intended, but count =+ 1 does not.

list = ["one", "two", "three"]
count = 0
for x in list:
    count =+ 1
    print(x)
    print(count)

The above example doesn’t work properly. However, the one below does.

list = ["one", "two", "three"]
count = 0
for x in list:
    count += 1
    print(x)
    print(count)

The intended output is to have it print each iteration all the way up to the number 3.

>Solution :

Because that’s not proper syntax. The operator is += ("plus equals"), not =+ ("equals plus").

count =+ 1 is the same thing as count = (+1), where + is a unary operator on 1.