title: skipping a line while reading a file with a for loop
body: <p>I am trying to figure out a way to skip the next two lines in a file if a condition in the first line is true.   Any ideas on a good way to do this?  Here's what I have so far...</p>
  
  <pre><code>def main():
      file = open(r'C:\Users\test\Desktop\test2.txt', 'r+')
      ctr = 1
      for current_line in file:
          assert ctr&lt;3
          if current_line[0:6] == str("001IU"):
              pass
          else:
              if ctr == 1 and current_line[9:11] == str("00"):
                  do something...
                  ctr += 1
              elif ctr == 1 and current_line[9:11] != str("00"):
                  pass #I want it to skip the next two lines in the loop
              elif ctr == 2:
                  do something...
                  ctr = 1
              else:
                  raise ValueError
  </code></pre>