On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:15:59 -0700, bearophileHUGS wrote:
> What's a range(n)? A function that returns a list of n items, from 0 to
> n. This is easy to understand, while xrange(n) is a bit less easy to
> understand (a generator or generators).
<nitpick>
`xrange()` doesn't return a generator or iterator but an object that
implements the sequence protocol:
In [159]: a = xrange(0, 10, 2)
In [160]: len(a)
Out[160]: 5
In [161]: a[0]
Out[161]: 0
In [162]: a[2]
Out[162]: 4
</nitpick>
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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