[Courses] [python] Lesson 2: Loops, if, and beer

[Kathryn Marks]

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Leslie <leslie.brothers at verizon.net>wrote:

> Two questions from this lesson:
> >
> > At the Python >>> prompt, try typing:
> > range(10, 2)
> > [2, 4, 6, 8]
> I didn't get that. I got:
> >>> range(10, 2)
> []
> >>>
>

I got the same.  I tried it on my Mac (2.5) and Windows (2.7) thinking it
something about the version.  But if you want it to count by 2's, then you
need three numbers in the parentheses.

> What gives?? I did not get [2, 4, 6, 8]
>

I didn't get any further because a fuzzy white cat decided to go to sleep on
top of my arms.

-- 
~Kathryn