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Python range()

The Python range() function is used to generate a sequence of numbers. The sequence will start from 0 by default, increment by 1, and stop before a specified number.

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Python range()
Python range()
By khushal jethava
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Python range()

Syntax 1

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range(stop)

Syntax 2

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range(start, stop, step)

Based on the syntax, we can see the range is a keyword to implement the range function, and then in between two brackets () we have parameters like start, stop and steps let learn them in detail.

Python range() parameters

  • start - is used to give an integer to start from which sequence of integer to be returned.
  • stop - is used to given an integer to stop the sequence with the last number from the number given in stop like stop - 1.
  • step - integer value which determines the increment between each integer in the sequence.

Let see a basic example of the range() function.

Example of range() function with only stop parameters

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x = range(5)	# Adding returned value of range function using stop parameters its like start=0,     stop=5, step=1

for i in x: 	# implementing for loop to print the sequence of the range function.

    print(i)	# printing the i variable from the loop

The output of the program.

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Rules of range()

You can get more details about the Python range() function from here.

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