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xrange questioin

Chris Liechti cliechti at gmx.net
Sat Jul 27 19:49:34 EDT 2002 
"Gerald Squelart" <squelart at hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in
news:3d43234e$1 at duster.adelaide.on.net: 

> "Chris Liechti" <cliechti at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Uwe Schmitt <uwe.schmitt at procoders.net> wrote:
>> > as xrange() comsumes less memory than range() I ask why
>> > I should use range() at all.... is there any benifit
>> > from using range() ???
>>
>> with range you get a true list which you can manipulate, sort,
>> reverse, etc ... you can't do that with xrange.
>>
>> chris
>>
>> --
>> Chris <cliechti at gmx.net>
> 
> Ok, let me rephrase Chris' question for a simpler case:

it wasn't my question... but i'll try to answer yours

> What is better: for x in range(n) or for x in xrange(n)?
> (with n is relatively small, like 10 or 100)

that depends on your definition of "better" ;-)
considering speed, "range" is slightly faster for small n

chris
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Chris <cliechti at gmx.net>
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