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What is the difference between range and Xrange function in python?

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What is the difference between range and Xrange function in python?
posted Dec 17, 2015 by Gnanendra Reddy

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n python 2.x range() returns a list and xrange() returns an xrange object, which is kind of like an iterator and generates the numbers on demand.(Lazy Evaluation)

In [1]: range(5)
Out[1]: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]

In [2]: xrange(5)
Out[2]: xrange(5)

In [3]: print xrange.__doc__
xrange([start,] stop[, step]) -> xrange object

Like range(), but instead of returning a list, returns an object that
generates the numbers in the range on demand.  For looping, this is 
slightly faster than range() and more memory efficient.

In python 3.x xrange() has been removed and range() now works like xrange() and returns a range object.

In [4]: range(5)
Out[4]: range(0, 5)

In [5]: print (range.__doc__)
range([start,] stop[, step]) -> range object

Returns a virtual sequence of numbers from start to stop by step.

answer Jan 4, 2016 by Manikandan J
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