Language change and code breaks

[phil hunt]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:36:18 -0700, Corran Webster <cwebster at nevada.edu> wrote:
>
>sum = 0
>for n in range(N):
>  sum += n**2
>
>but it is useful when translating a mathematical expression like:
>
>  __ N-1   2
>  \       n
>  /__n=0
>
>into a Python program.

A better translation might be:

def fromto(f,t):
   return xrange(f,t+1)

def sum(ar):
   s = 0
   for i in ar: s += i
   return s

#and then, it's just a one-liner:

result = sum([n*n for n in fromto(0, N-1)])


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