[Tutor] odd

[wesley chun]

> for x in range(5,10):
>     print x
>
> and OP was
>
> 5
> 6
> 7
> 8
> 9
>
> why is that? shouldn't it print
>
> t
> 6
> 7
> 8
> 9
> 10?


no.  the (well, one) syntax for range() is (start, stop) where it
counts starting from 'start' up to but not including 'stop'.  if
you're familiar with C/C++ (or PHP or Java), it's similar to the
counting loop, "for (int i=5; i < 10; i++)", which counts 5, 6, 7, 8,
9.

hope this helps!
-- wesley
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