Python trouble with repeater

Question

Im trying to write a program so that I get a result of...

5 : Rowan
6 : Rowan
7 : Rowan
8 : Rowan
9 : Rowan
10 : Rowan
11 : Rowan
12 : Rowan

I want to be able to set it so that I can change the starting number, the amount of times it repeats and the word that it repeats.

this is what i have so far...

def hii(howMany, start, Word):
    Word 
    for howMany in range (howMany):
         print howMany + start, ":", "-"

Im just having trouble making it so i can change the word that repeats

Answer 1

How about:

def hii(howMany, start, Word):
    for howMany in range (howMany):
         print howMany + start, ":", Word

Is there anything wrong with that?

To use:

hii(10, 4, "Weeee!!!!")

Answer 2

The range iterator takes a start value:

def hii(howMany, start, Word):
    for i in range(start, start+howMany):
        print i, ":", Word

Note that it's not a good idea to use the same name for a local variable as for a parameter (howMany). I have used i instead.

Answer 3

From Python 2.6 upwards enumerate has a start parameter:

import itertools

def hii(how_many, start, word):
    seq = itertools.repeat(word, how_many)
    return enumerate(seq, start=start)

for n, w in hii(8, 5, 'Rowan'):
    print n, w