Ellen Kidda wrote:
> Would someone kindly review the following code and error? This sample
> program is copied from Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner (2nd
> ed.) I'm running Python 2.3.5 (#62, Feb 8 2005, 16:23:02) [MSC v.1200
> 32 bit (Intel)] on win32. (Python 2.3 is the version referenced in this
> edition.) Referenced lines 8 and 9 of the error are the 3rd and 2nd
> lines from the last in the code. Thank you very much.
> Ellen
>
> #Demonstrates string indexing
>
> import random
>
> word = "index"
>
> print "The word is: ", word, "\n"
>
> high = len(word)
>
> low = len(word)
Notice that low and high are the same.
>
> for i in range(10):
>
> position = randrange(low, high)
This picks from the range low <= number < high. Since low == high the
range is empty.
Kent
>
> print "word[", position, "]\t", word[position]
>
> raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
>
>
>
> line 8, in -toplevel-position = random.randrange(low, high) #line 9
> error: "empty range for randrange"
> File "C:\Python23\lib\random.py", line 178, in randrange
> raise ValueError, "empty range for randrange()"
> ValueError: empty range for randrange()
>
>
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