Practice Behavior with negative steps - 11.2.3 | 11. More about range() | Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What does range(5) produce?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember it starts from 0.

Question 2

Easy

What is the output of range(3, 8)?

πŸ’‘ Hint: It's from 3 to what minus one?

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Question 1

What does the range function produce with the input range(5, 15, 3)?

  • 5
  • 8
  • 11
  • 14
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17

πŸ’‘ Hint: Look for the pattern starting from 5 going to below 15 in steps of 3.

Question 2

True or False: range(10, 0) will produce an output.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: What happens if you don’t specify a negative step?

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Create a countdown list from 20 to 5 with steps of 2. What does it produce?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Always remember to stop just above the lower bound.

Question 2

Explain why the input range(5, 15, -3) results in an empty list. What conditions lead to this?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how the range function interprets its arguments when steps are negative.

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