calculating interdependent values in python -


i python beginner , have following problem:

i need calculate 2 interdependent values @ same time. have far ist this:

   asset_a = close_spx    asset_b = close_iboxx    x = df.x # list containing randomly 1 , 0    df['a']=100 # 100 starting value , b , shall overwritten while loop    df['b']=100    i=1        while i<len(df.index):        df.a[i] = x*((df.a.shift(1)*0.5)*(df.b.shift(1)*0.5))+abs(1-x)*(df.a.shift(1)*asset_a)        df.b[i] = x*((df.b.shift(1)*0.5)*(df.a.shift(1)*0.5))+abs(1-x)*(df.b.shift(1)*asset_b)        i+1 

currently error: valueerror: setting array element sequence. know why getting this problem, see: numpy valueerror: setting array element sequence. message may appear without existing of sequence?

the question how can solve this?

the problem , b depend on previous value of , b. need calculate them simultaniously while referring last calculated values of loop. it's kind of hen , egg problem... , there more efficient solution while function...

this short example of dataframe = df used:

              close_spx    close_iboxx  a_returns  b_returns  a_vola    b_vola 2014-05-15    1870.85      234.3017    -0.009362   0.003412   0.170535  0.075468    2014-05-16    1877.86      234.0216     0.003747  -0.001195   0.170153  0.075378 2014-05-19    1885.08      233.7717     0.003845  -0.001068   0.170059  0.075384    2014-05-20    1872.83      234.2596    -0.006498   0.002087   0.170135  0.075410    2014-05-21    1888.03      233.9101     0.008116  -0.001492   0.169560  0.075326    2014-05-22    1892.49      233.5429     0.002362  -0.001570   0.169370  0.075341    2014-05-23    1900.53      233.8605     0.004248   0.001360   0.168716  0.075333    2014-05-27    1911.91      234.0368     0.005988   0.000754   0.168797  0.075294    2014-05-28    1909.78      235.4454    -0.001114   0.006019   0.168805  0.075474    2014-05-29    1920.03      235.1813     0.005367  -0.001122   0.168866  0.075451    2014-05-30    1923.57      235.2161     0.001844   0.000148   0.168844  0.075430    2014-06-02    1924.97      233.8868     0.000728  -0.005651   0.168528  0.075641    2014-06-03    1924.24      232.9049    -0.000379  -0.004198   0.167852  0.075267 


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