How to skip a row in Python MySQL

Question

I have a table I want to edit in MySQL using Python, and want to edit only certain rows and skip others.

What I need this for is more complex than in this example, for example a time dependent change in an object the table took data from, but this is the simplest thing I need.

cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM given_table")
result = cursor.fetchall()
for row in result:
    whatto = "{Name}".format(Name=row['Action'])
    if whatto == "Skip" :
        #instruction to print row number
        #instruction to skip rest of the loop
    #other instructions    

How do I tell Python to skip a row and give me the row number (or row number from the selection if I did it with an outset)?

If I write "print(row)", it will print me the row contents, and if I say "print(row[0])", it will print me the contents in column 1.

Answer 1

give me the row number

enumerate can be used if you need both element and its' position in list or other iterable

How do I tell Python to skip a row

continue placed inside loop body continues with the next cycle of the nearest enclosing loop.

Using mentioned in your case

for inx, row in enumerate(result):
    whatto = "{Name}".format(Name=row['Action'])
    if whatto == "Skip" :
        print(inx)
        continue
    #other instructions