[Tutor] Workaround for limitation in xrange()?
Dick Moores
rdm at rcblue.com
Tue Oct 10 17:20:06 CEST 2006
>>> for x in xrange(2**31):
pass
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#16>", line 1, in <module>
for x in xrange(2**31):
OverflowError: long int too large to convert to int
>>>
I can think of 2 workarounds for this 2**31 limitation in xrange().
Use a while loop instead. Or use 2 or more for loops, keeping the
number of cycles in each under 2**31.
Are there others?
Thanks,
Dick Moores
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