John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The reason for this distinction comes from the fact that I read a lot > how using range and for is somewhat discouraged, because it doesn't > really use a for loop for it's true purpose. So my question is, is > this just a Python-oriented opinion about for loops, or is it a > general idea?
Normally you'd use range or xrange. range builds a complete list in memory so can be expensive if the number is large. xrange just counts up to that number. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
