built in list generator?

[globalrev]

if i want a list with all numbers between x and y is there a way to
do this with an inbult function.

i mean i can always construct a function to do this but is there
soemthing like:

nbrs = list(range(50,100, 2))

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

if i want a list with all numbers between x and y is there a way to
do this with an inbult function.

i mean i can always construct a function to do this but is there
soemthing like:

nbrs = list(range(50,100, 2))

range *does* that. use xrange if all you want is to iterate.

Diez

 

[Jerry Hill]

if i want a list with all numbers between x and y is there a way to
do this with an inbult function.

i mean i can always construct a function to do this but is there
soemthing like:

nbrs = list(range(50,100, 2))

What's wrong with just using range()?

range(10) [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
range(1, 10) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
range(1, 11) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
range(1, 11, 2) [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]

 

[afrobeard]

range(50,100,2) returns a list of numbers starting from 50 and less
than 100 with a step size of 2.

list() takes any iterable datatype and converts it into a list.

e.g. list((1, 2, 3)) would return [1,2,3]
& list([1, 2]) would return [1,2]

In this case there is no point of calling range within list since the
output of range is already a list.

Note list(xrange(50,100,2)) would have made sense if range didnt exist
and you needed a list, but since range does exist, I dont see the
point.

Diez is right when he says to use list to iterate, because creating a
big list just for the sake of iteration would be a terrible waste of
space.