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Python

Posted by Pamela Wallace
Pamela Wallace
2,125 Points

Square bracket vs parenthesis in range.

It seems range does not require a square bracket. Is this true? What is the difference b/w range[0, 10, 1] and range(0, 10, 1)?

3 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,974 Points

range is a built-in function so it will require parentheses.

Pamela Wallace
Pamela Wallace
2,125 Points
Pamela Wallace
Pamela Wallace
2,125 Points

Thanks, Kris. In the video, Ashley uses range[] then switches to range(). I tried both in my IDE and both ways worked. Can you help me understand why?

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,974 Points

Can you provide a link to the video?

Pamela Wallace
Pamela Wallace
2,125 Points
Pamela Wallace
Pamela Wallace
2,125 Points

Well...I must have imagined the square brackets and them working in my IDE. I reviewed the video and re-tried the [] vs () and the square brackets do not work.

Thanks for the help :D

video: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/iterating-with-ranges