list comprehension question

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Sun Aug 11 16:09:40 EDT 2002


brobbins333 at shaw.ca wrote:

> Why doesn't this work?
> 
> list = [range(2, 12)]
> [(x ** 2) + x + 2 for x in list]
> 
> error: unsupported operand type for **

Because you mean list = range(2, 12).

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