[Tutor] re: range function

alan.gauld@bt.com alan.gauld@bt.com
Thu, 24 May 2001 10:23:54 +0100


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>  how would I go about creating a range for float-type   
>  numbers?   
 
A range is just a list. range returns a list of integers but to turn them
into floats just use map:
 
for f in map(float, range(10000)):
    print f

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color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=350442609-24052001>A range 
is just a list. range returns a list of integers but to turn them into floats 
just use map:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=350442609-24052001>for f in 
map(float, range(10000)):</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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