Off-by-One and Range Errors
123numbers = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10] for i in range(0, len(numbers) - 1): print(numbers[i])
Off-by-one errors are a frequent source of bugs in Python, especially when working with loops and slicing. Python's range function generates a sequence that starts at the first argument and stops before the second argument. In the code sample above, range(0, len(numbers) - 1) produces indices from 0 up to, but not including, len(numbers) - 1. If numbers has 5 elements, this means the loop iterates over indices 0 to 3, missing the last element at index 4. This kind of mistake often happens when you subtract one from the length, thinking it will include the last item, but since range is exclusive at the stop value, it actually skips it. To loop over every element, you should use range(len(numbers)) or simply iterate directly over the list with for item in numbers:. Always double-check the start and stop values in your ranges to avoid accidentally omitting or repeating elements.
1. Which of the following ranges will ensure that every element in a list named values is printed exactly once using a for loop over indices?
2. Rearrange the parts of the following for loop so that it prints every element in the list items exactly once.
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123numbers = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10] for i in range(0, len(numbers) - 1): print(numbers[i])
Off-by-one errors are a frequent source of bugs in Python, especially when working with loops and slicing. Python's range function generates a sequence that starts at the first argument and stops before the second argument. In the code sample above, range(0, len(numbers) - 1) produces indices from 0 up to, but not including, len(numbers) - 1. If numbers has 5 elements, this means the loop iterates over indices 0 to 3, missing the last element at index 4. This kind of mistake often happens when you subtract one from the length, thinking it will include the last item, but since range is exclusive at the stop value, it actually skips it. To loop over every element, you should use range(len(numbers)) or simply iterate directly over the list with for item in numbers:. Always double-check the start and stop values in your ranges to avoid accidentally omitting or repeating elements.
1. Which of the following ranges will ensure that every element in a list named values is printed exactly once using a for loop over indices?
2. Rearrange the parts of the following for loop so that it prints every element in the list items exactly once.
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