On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:24:31 -0800, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> John Savage wrote:
>> Could
>> someone please explain the rationale behind python designers' thinking
>> in deciding the function "range(1,12)" should return the sequence 1 to
>> 11 rather than the more intuitively-useful 1 to 12??
>
John Savage wrote:
> Could
> someone please explain the rationale behind python designers' thinking
> in deciding the function "range(1,12)" should return the sequence 1 to
> 11 rather than the more intuitively-useful 1 to 12??
There are several ways to do this, closed intervals, half-open
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On 3/14/06, John Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've very new to python, and am currently toying with pythonD. Couldsomeone please explain the rationale behind python designers' thinkingin deciding the function "range(1,12)" should return the sequence 1 to
11 rather than the more intuitively-use
John Savage wrote:
> Could someone please explain the rationale behind python designers' thinking
> in deciding the function "range(1,12)" should return the sequence 1 to
> 11 rather than the more intuitively-useful 1 to 12??
Essentially, it has to do with the decision to have range(5) mean the
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