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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-12-07 15:06:20 (GMT)
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@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ increment (even negative; sometimes this is called the 'step')::
range(-10, -100, -30)
-10, -40, -70
-To iterate over the indices of a sequence, combine :func:`range` and :func:`len`
-as follows::
+To iterate over the indices of a sequence, you can combine :func:`range` and
+:func:`len` as follows::
>>> a = ['Mary', 'had', 'a', 'little', 'lamb']
>>> for i in range(len(a)):
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ as follows::
3 little
4 lamb
+In most such cases, however, it is convenient to use the :func:`enumerate`
+function, see :ref:`tut-loopidioms`.
+
A strange thing happens if you just print a range::
>>> print(range(10))
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ is another; it creates lists from iterables::
Later we will see more functions that return iterables and take iterables as argument.
+
.. _tut-break:
:keyword:`break` and :keyword:`continue` Statements, and :keyword:`else` Clauses on Loops