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The Python range() Function: Recap

The Python range() FunctionAustin Cepalia 01:15

You now understand how to userange() and work around its limitations. You also have an idea of how this important function has evolved between Python 2 and Python 3. The next time you need to perform an action a specific number of times, you’ll be all set toloop your heart out!

Congratulations, you made it to the end of the course! What’s your #1 takeaway or favorite thing you learned? How are you going to put your newfound skills to use? Leave a comment in thediscussion section and let us know.

00:00In this course,we saw how we can use Python’srange() function to generate lists of numbers to iterate over.We learned how to create lists of incrementing and decrementing numbers,how to reverse a list, and how to use thisrange() function alongside thefor loop to perform some sort of operation on each value in our generated list.

00:26We also saw some of the technical limitations behind generating floating-point values,and we learned how therange() function has evolved from Python 2 to Python 3,notably howrange() has replacedxrange().

00:45I hope you can see now why therange() function is so powerful.Whatever you are working on,you’re bound to run into a scenario where you need to iterate over a chunk of codex number of times,and you might even need to use that incrementing variable within your code.

01:04Therange() function makes all of this possible.

01:09I’m Austin Cepalia with realpython.com. Happy coding!