[Tutor] floating point range() ?

[Dave S]

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>Hi Dave,
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>I don't think there is a built-in equivalent for range()  with floats.
>However, it isn't too bad to write something ourselves:
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>def frange(start, stop, skip=1.0):
>    """A range-like generator that returns numbers in the interval
>    [start, stop).
>    """
>    i = start
>    while i < stop:
>        yield i
>        i += skip
>###
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>Here's an example of how to use frange():
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>>>>for x in frange(0, 10, 0.5):
>>>>        
>>>>
>...     print x
>...
>0
>0.5
>1.0
>1.5
>2.0
>2.5
>3.0
>3.5
>4.0
>4.5
>5.0
>5.5
>6.0
>6.5
>7.0
>7.5
>8.0
>8.5
>9.0
>9.5
>###
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>Does this seem reasonable?
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>Hope this helps!
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Sure does, It also reminds me of the yield builtin.

Things are getting clearer - though I still catch myself thinking in 
terms of BASIC & forgetting to open up to the flexability of Python - 
Guess it will just take time & practice.

Dave