Long overflow problem

[Tom]

In article <aqc8l7$a55$1 at peabody.colorado.edu>,
 Fernando Perez <fperez528 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Tom wrote:
> 
> 
> > def myFunc (i, j):
> >    for a in range(i, j):
> >       print a
> > 
> > I get the same error. Are there any implicit conversions going on here?
> 
> Yes, the problem is that range() doesn't accept longs. You can consider it a 
> bug, but it's a feature :)
> 
> The quick fix is to do 'for a in range(j-i)' instead, and operate with 'i+a' 
> instead. 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> f

Ok...it's a range issue. And in addition to your suggestion, I just 
realized....a simple "while i < j..." would have sufficed. Amazing how 
the simplest answers take the longest to figure out sometimes. : )

Regards,

Tom