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bpo-40620: Clarify tutorial controlflow.rst ``range`` examples (GH-26919) (GH-26927)
(cherry picked from commit 2f49c9debc2efe010c757be3bdbd6493f1ebc5f6)
Co-authored-by: jdevries3133 <58614260+jdevries3133@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst index ee2c3e5..494a795 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst @@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ The given end point is never part of the generated sequence; ``range(10)`` gener is possible to let the range start at another number, or to specify a different increment (even negative; sometimes this is called the 'step'):: - range(5, 10) - 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 + >>> list(range(5, 10)) + [5, 6, 7, 8, 9] - range(0, 10, 3) - 0, 3, 6, 9 + >>> list(range(0, 10, 3)) + [0, 3, 6, 9] - range(-10, -100, -30) - -10, -40, -70 + >>> list(range(-10, -100, -30)) + [-10, -40, -70] To iterate over the indices of a sequence, you can combine :func:`range` and :func:`len` as follows:: @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function, see :ref:`tut-loopidioms`. A strange thing happens if you just print a range:: - >>> print(range(10)) + >>> range(10) range(0, 10) In many ways the object returned by :func:`range` behaves as if it is a list, @@ -155,13 +155,7 @@ that takes an iterable is :func:`sum`:: 6 Later we will see more functions that return iterables and take iterables as -arguments. Lastly, maybe you are curious about how to get a list from a range. -Here is the solution:: - - >>> list(range(4)) - [0, 1, 2, 3] - -In chapter :ref:`tut-structures`, we will discuss in more detail about +arguments. In chapter :ref:`tut-structures`, we will discuss in more detail about :func:`list`. .. _tut-break: |