" This article is part of in the series Published: Tuesday 20th August 2013 Last Updated: Thursday 27th January 2022 As an experienced Python developer, or even a
beginner, you've likely heard of the Python The The range[]
function. But what does it do? In a nutshell, it generates a list of numbers, which is generally used to iterate over with for
loops. There's many use cases. Often you will want to use this when you want to perform an action X number of times, where you may or may not care about the index. Other times you may want to iterate over a list [or another iterable object], while being able to have the index available.range[]
function
works a little bit differently between Python 2.x and 3.x under the hood, however the concept is the same. We'll get to that a bit later, however.Python's range[] Parameters
range[]
function has two sets of parameters, as follows:
range[stop]
stop
: Number of integers [whole numbers] to generate, starting from zero. eg.range[3] == [0, 1, 2]
.
range[[start], stop[, step]]
start
: Starting number of the sequence.stop
: Generate numbers up to, but not including this number.for
0: Difference between each number in the sequence.
Note that:
- All parameters must be integers.
- All parameters can be positive or negative.
range[]
[and Python in general] is 0-index based, meaning list indexes start at 0, not 1. eg. The syntax to access the first element of a list isfor
2. Therefore the last integer generated byrange[]
is up to, but not including,stop
. For examplefor
5 generates integers from 0 up to, but not including, 5.
Python's range[] Function Examples
Simple Usage
[python]
>>> # One parameter
>>> for i in range[5]:
... print[i]
...
0
1
2
3
4
>>> # Two parameters
>>> for i in range[3, 6]:
... print[i]
...
3
4
5
>>> # Three parameters
>>> for i in range[4, 10, 2]:
... print[i]
...
4
6
8
>>>
# Going backwards
>>> for i in range[0, -10, -2]:
... print[i]
...
0
-2
-4
-6
-8
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Iterating Lists
[python]
>>> my_list = ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five']
>>> my_list_len = len[my_list]
>>> for i in range[0, my_list_len]:
... print[my_list[i]]
...
one
two
three
four
five
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99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall...
With the following
code:
[python]
for i in range[99, 0, -1]:
if i == 1:
print['1 bottle of beer on the wall, 1 bottle of beer!']
print['So take it down, pass it around, no more bottles of beer on the wall!']
elif i == 2:
print['2 more bottles of beer on the wall, 2 more bottles of beer!']
print['So take one down, pass it around, 1 more bottle of beer on the wall!']
else:
print['{0} bottles of beer on the wall, {0} bottles of beer!'.format[i]]
print['So take it down, pass
it around, {0} more bottles of beer on the wall!'.format[i - 1]]
[/python]
We get the following output:
[python]
99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer!
So take one down, pass it around, 98 more bottles of beer on the wall!
98 bottles of beer on the wall, 98 bottles of beer!
So take one down, pass it around, 97 more bottles of beer on the wall!
97 bottles of beer on the wall, 97 bottles of beer!
So take one down, pass it around, 96 more bottles
of beer on the wall!
...
3 bottles of beer on the wall, 3 bottles of beer!
So take one down, pass it around, 2 more bottles of beer on the wall!
2 more bottles of beer on the wall, 2 more bottles of beer!
So take one down, pass it around, 1 more bottle of beer on the wall!
1 bottle of beer on the wall, 1 bottle of beer!
So take it down, pass it around, no more bottles of beer on the wall!
[/python]
Brilliant! Finally you can see the true power of Python :]. If you're a little confused, for reference see the Wikipedia article.
Python's range[] vs xrange[] Functions
You may have heard of a function known as for
6. This is a function that is present in Python 2.x, however it was renamed to range[]
in Python 3.x, and the original range[]
function was deprecated in Python 3.x. So what's the difference? Well, in
Python 2.x range[]
produced a list, and for
6 returned an iterator - a sequence object. We can see this in the following example:
- Python 3.x
[python]
>>> range[1]
range[0, 1]
>>> type[range[1]]
[/python]
- Python 2.x
[python]
>>> range[1]
[0]
>>> type[range[1]]
[/python]
So in Python 3.x, the range[]
function got its own range[]
2. In basic terms, if you want to use range[]
in a for
loop, then you're good to go. However you can't use it purely as a range[]
5 object. For
example you cannot slice a range[]
6 type.
When you're using an iterator, every loop of the for
statement produces the next number on the fly. Whereas the original range[]
function produced all numbers instantaneously, before the for
loop started executing. The problem with the original range[]
function was that it used a very large amount of memory when producing a lot of numbers. However it tends to be quicker with a small amount of numbers. Note that in Python 3.x, you can
still produce a list by passing the generator returned to the range[]
1 function. As follows:
- Python 3.x
[Python] >>> list_of_ints = list [phạm vi [3]] >>> list_of_ints [0, 1, 2] [/python]
>>> list_of_ints = list[range[3]]
>>> list_of_ints
[0, 1, 2]
[/python]
Sử dụng phao với hàm Python's Range []
Thật không may, hàm range[]
không hỗ trợ loại range[]
3. Tuy nhiên đừng khó chịu quá sớm! Chúng ta có thể dễ dàng thực hiện nó với một chức năng. Có một số cách nó có thể được thực hiện, tuy nhiên đây là một cách.
[python]
>>> # Note: All arguments are required.
>>> # We're not fancy enough to implement all.
>>> def frange[start, stop, step]:
... i = start
... while i < stop: ... yield i ... i += step ... >>> for i in frange[0.5, 1.0, 0.1]:
... print[i]
...
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
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Brilliant!
- Nhà
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