range

This function returns a list of numbers, starting from 0 (by default), increments by 1 (by default), and ends at a specified number.

Function range() may only be used for relatively small lists. An operation_err() (maximum range length exceeded) will be raised when trying to create a list with more than 100000 numbers.

Function

range(start, stop, step)

Arguments

Argument Type Description
start int (optional) An integer number specifying at which position to start. Default is 0
stop int (required) An integer number specifying at which position to end (exclusive).
step int (optional) An integer number specifying the increment value. Default is 1 and this value must not be zero.

Return value

Returns a list of numbers.

Examples

Return a list with numbers 0 to 5:

range(6);

[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Return a list with numbers 0 to 5 but increment by 2:

range(0, 6, 2);

[0, 2, 4]

The step argument may also be a negative value:

range(2, -3, -1);

[2, 1, 0, -1, -2]