[Python-ideas] 1_000_000

[Kirubakaran]

(fixed typo)
How about range(10**6) ?

- Kirubakaran.


On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Kirubakaran <kirubakaran at gmail.com> wrote:

> How about range(10**60) ?
>
> - Kirubakaran.
>
>
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 6 May 2011 23:06:18 +0200
>> "dag.odenhall at gmail.com"
>> <dag.odenhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On 6 May 2011 19:51, Matt Chaput <
>> matt-KKMwxO2wslj3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> > > Not sure if this has been proposed before: A syntax change to allow
>> > > underscores as thousands separators in literal numbers to improve
>> > > readability, e.g.:
>> > >
>> > >  for i in range(1, 1_000_000):
>> > >    pass
>> > >
>> > > I believe D allows this and while it's a small thing it really is much
>> more
>> > > readable.
>> >
>> > Ruby too.
>> >
>> > You could also use e-notation[1]: 1e6, in your example. In many
>> > situations it's even more readable because you don't need to "count
>> > the zeros". This is already supported in Python.
>>
>> Yes, but it gives a float, not an integer:
>>
>> >>> for i in range(0, 1e6): pass
>> ...
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> TypeError: 'float' object cannot be interpreted as an integer
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Antoine.
>>
>>
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