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Thapelo Mokgwaphe
5,892 PointsRanges are inclusive of the stop number. what does it mean
The answer was false but i don't understand why
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Thapelo Mokgwaphe
5,892 PointsThanks, inclusive and exclusive. this terms
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsThe term "inclusive" means that the number will be part of the list. So if it was "inclusive", the list created by the range would have the last number in it.
But that's not how Python works. The list created by the range has numbers up to the last number, but the last number is not included in the list. So the answer is "False".
Brian Mackenzie
6,059 PointsBrian Mackenzie
6,059 PointsThe answer was false because ranges in python are exclusive of the stop number. What this means is that when you write a range, for example, from 1-10, the stop number, or the last number, will not be included.
If you were to write some code like this:
it would only print out the numbers 1-9, as the stop number, 10, is excluded