#!/usr/local/bin/python
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# range example by mind@metalshell.com
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# an example on using range() to create a number sequence
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# 09/25/2002
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# http://www.metalshell.com
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print "Example #1 range(5, 10)"
# store a sequence of numbers from 5 to 10 to a
a = range(5, 10)
 
# print the value..
print "a =", a
print
 
print "Example #2 range(0, 20, 2)"
# store a sequence of number in increments of 2
a = range(0, 20, 2)
 
# print the value..
print "a =", a
print
 
print "Example #3 for s in range(len(a))"
# store a sequence of strings in a
a = ['John', 'Sue', 'Beth', 'Jack']
 
# use range(), and len() to parse out each segemnt of
# our string sequence..
 
for s in range(len(a)):
        print 'a[%s] = %s' %(s, a[s])