pdb and jump - newbie question

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I have been trying to figure out how to use pdb to correct simple errors in a file and then continue with program execution. Perhaps someone can tell me why this is not working for me.

Here is my file test.py:

#------------------
import pdb
pdb.set_trace()

print """
this is a test file
"""
x = 0
y = 4.2
z = y/x
print z

print "with a bug"
#------------------


The line `z = y/x` fails because x is zero.

If I run this, I can step until that exception occurs, at which point I see

ZeroDivisionError: 'float division'

c:\temp\test.py(9)<module>()

-> z = y/x
(Pdb)

Now, I thought I would be able to set x to another value and then jump back to re-run the line with the division statement. However, that does not seem to work. Here's what happens:

(Pdb) !x = 2
(Pdb) j 9

c:\temp\test.py(9)<module>()

-> z = y/x
(Pdb) n
--Return--

c:\temp\test.py(9)<module>()->None

-> z = y/x
(Pdb) n
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\temp\test.py", line 9, in <module>
z = y/x
ZeroDivisionError: float division

I have also tried assigning a value to z and jumping past the illegal division, but I can't get that to work either.

It seems that there must be a way to do this, but I can't find it. Any help would be appreciated.