--------------------------------------------------- | Date: 2002-09-28 19:39:47 | | Filename: range.py | | Author: mind@metalshell.com | | | | http://www.metalshell.com/ | --------------------------------------------------- #!/usr/local/bin/python # # range example by mind@metalshell.com # # an example on using range() to create a number sequence # # 09/25/2002 # # http://www.metalshell.com # 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])