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authorLevi Bostian <levi.bostian@gmail.com>2014-08-04 14:53:30 -0500
committerLevi Bostian <levi.bostian@gmail.com>2014-08-04 14:53:30 -0500
commit4541a0f450cb3ee29b4c11c727b1dc17e3f436ca (patch)
treee7b86525836d7a960ee22236807e6fd6e6e85850
parenta0af5e9a7b0a924cd70e8d3b76f0f9c7eaf0d4d3 (diff)
parent65a1b6279fa1038efa013f64d98e7e947b527567 (diff)
Merge pull request #698 from Shashwat986/patch-1
Update python.html.markdown
-rw-r--r--python.html.markdown10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/python.html.markdown b/python.html.markdown
index 5bec5190..b7d5895a 100644
--- a/python.html.markdown
+++ b/python.html.markdown
@@ -523,11 +523,13 @@ def double_numbers(iterable):
# Instead of generating and returning all values at once it creates one in each
# iteration. This means values bigger than 15 wont be processed in
# double_numbers.
-# Note range is a generator too. Creating a list 1-900000000 would take lot of
-# time to be made
-_range = range(1, 900000000)
+# Note xrange is a generator that does the same thing range does.
+# Creating a list 1-900000000 would take lot of time and space to be made.
+# xrange creates an xrange generator object instead of creating the entire list like range does.
+_xrange = xrange(1, 900000000)
+
# will double all numbers until a result >=30 found
-for i in double_numbers(_range):
+for i in double_numbers(_xrange):
print(i)
if i >= 30:
break