On 27/06/2019 00:07, Brick Howse via Tutor wrote: > Hello all, > > New to programming and I noticed the range command did not function like it > does in the tutorial. > For example, > I type >>>>> range(5, 10) > And the output is > range(5, 10)
You have a Python 2 tutorial but are using Python 3. In Python 3 range has changed and returns a fancy kind of object (a range) that you don't really need to know about. If you really want the values convert it to a list: >>> list(range(5,10)) > Any suggestions is greatly appreciated. To avoid any similar confusion either find a Python 3 tutorial or download Python 2 and use it. Once you know Python 2 converting to Python 3 is not hard. But it is probably best just to learn Python 3 from the start! Thee are quite a few of these kinds of changes between Python 2 and 3. For experienced programmers they are "A Good Thing" because they make Python more efficient and more consistent in the way it works. But for a beginner they just seem bizarre and unintuitive. For now, just accept them and eventually you will understand why they exist. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
