On 21May2013 09:54, Dave Angel <da...@davea.name> wrote: | On 05/21/2013 06:32 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote: | >On 21May2013 17:56, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: | >| On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: | >| > - randrange() is like other python ranges: it does not include the end value. | >| > So your call picks a number from 0..58, not 0..59. | >| > Say randrange(0,60). Think "start, length". | >| | >| Nitpick: It's not start, length; it's start, stop-before. If the start | >| is 10 and the second argument is 20, you'll get numbers from 10 to 19. | >| But your conclusion is still accurate :) | > | >But it's still a useful thing to think when you're trying to reason | >about ranges unless you're doing something unusual. | | No, it's only happens to look like length when start is zero. So as | a mnemonic, it's highly misleading.
Feh! No self respecting computer scientist would ever count from other than zero! Actually, yes, you're right there. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> Q: How does a hacker fix a function which doesn't work for all of the elements in its domain? A: He changes the domain. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
