help converting some perl code to python

[Sybren Stuvel]

eight02645999 at yahoo.com enlightened us with:
> the problem is the '..' operator in perl. Is there any equivalent in
> python?  any suggestions ?

I have a suggestion: stop assuming we know perl, and explain what this
'..' operator does.

Sybren
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