simple counter

[mcmxl22]

I am trying to make a simple counter that starts at 1 and increments by 1 indefinitely.
I have tried for-loops but I get int object not iterable.
I have tried while loops with i += 1.

i = 1
while True:
    print(i += 1),

I get...

Error:
File "count.py", line 3
  print(i += 1),
           ^

Why is counting so hard in Python?

[j.crater]

There is an unneeded comma after the print. It is not hard, but you can't do an assignment in a function call. Do the increment before calling print.
That is what the error message says, and those messages are there to help you debug ;)

[mcmxl22]

There is an unneeded comma after the print. It is not hard, but you can't do an assignment in a function call. Do the increment before calling print.

I get syntax errors without the comma!

Error:
  File "count.py", line 3
    print(i += 1)
             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[j.crater]

This is what I mean:

i = 1
while True:
    i += 1
    print(i)

[mcmxl22]

There is an unneeded comma after the print. It is not hard, but you can't do an assignment in a function call. Do the increment before calling print.
That is what the error message says, and those messages are there to help you debug ;)

def count():
    i = 1
    while True:
        i += 1
print(count())

I get a blinking cursor.
How do I do the increment before the print?

[Gribouillis]

I get a blinking cursor.

The function call never returns because it is trapped in the while loop. You need to find a way
to exit the while loop.

[mcmxl22]

This was my final solution.

import time


def earnings():
    i = 1
    while True:
        i += 1
        time.sleep(1)
        print(i, end='\r')
		
earnings()

[snippsat]

It never stop
Here a version you can look at.

import  time

def count(start, stop):
    i = start-1
    while True:
        time.sleep(1)
        i += 1
        print(i)
        if i == stop:
            return f"Reached stop at <{stop}>,i'm out"

print(count(1, 10))

[mcmxl22]

It never stop

I don't want it to stop. I want to figure out how to control the speed so I can create a game similar to this.

[snippsat]

I don't want it to stop. I want to figure out how to control the speed so I can create a game similar to this.

Sure all Game,GUI,Web(server) has some kind of main loop that run stuff.
In example PyGame or Tkinter there is way to get out.

# --- Main Pygame Loop ---
while not done:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            done = True

# A quit button
self.QUIT = Button(self)
self.QUIT["text"] = "QUIT"

# --- Main Tkinter Loop ---
root = Tk()
app = Application(master=root)
app.mainloop()

root.destroy()