http://blog.csdn.net/duankaifei/article/details/43866849
python range介绍
range多用作循环,range(0,10)返回一个list
python xrange 介绍
xrange也是用作循环,只是xrang(0,10)不返回list,返回xrange对象。每次调用返回其中的一个值。
返回很大的数的时候或者频繁的需要break时候,xrange性能更好。
python arange
- arange是numpy模块中的函数,使用前需要先导入此模块,arange(3):返回array类型对象。
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doc说明:numpy.arange([start, ]stop, [step, ]dtype=None) Return evenly spaced values within a given interval. Values are generated within the half-open interval [start, stop) (in other words, the interval including start but excluding stop). For integer arguments the function is equivalent to the Python built-in range function, but returns an ndarray rather than a list.
import numpy as np
np.arange(2)
array([0, 1])
range和xrange比较
>>> print range.__doc__
range(stop) -> list of integers
range(start, stop[, step]) -> list of integers
Return a list containing an arithmetic progression of integers.
range(i, j) returns [i, i+1, i+2, ..., j-1]; start (!) defaults to 0.
When step is given, it specifies the increment (or decrement).
For example, range(4) returns [0, 1, 2, 3]. The end point is omitted!
These are exactly the valid indices for a list of 4 elements.
>>> print xrange.__doc__
xrange(stop) -> xrange object
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.
总结
既然两者没有区别,而且在数值大的时候xrang更优越,以后coding时候尽量用xrange。