Print a list in reverse order with range()?

Question

How can you produce the following list with range() in Python?

[9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]

Answer 1

Use the 'range' built-in function. The signature is range(start, stop, step). This produces a sequence that yields numbers, starting with start, and ending if stop has been reached, excluding stop.

>>> range(9,-1,-1)   
    [9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]
>>> range(-2, 6, 2)
    [-2, 0, 2, 4]

In Python 3, this produces a non-list range object, which functions effectively like a read-only list (but uses way less memory, particularly for large ranges).

Answer 2

No sense to use reverse because the range method can return reversed list.

When you have iteration over n items and want to replace order of list returned by range(start, stop, step) you have to use third parameter of range which identifies step and set it to -1, other parameters shall be adjusted accordingly:

1. Provide stop parameter as -1(it's previous value of stop - 1, stop was equal to 0).
2. As start parameter use n-1.

So equivalent of range(n) in reverse order would be:

n = 10
print range(n-1,-1,-1) 
#[9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]

Answer 3

range(9,-1,-1)
    [9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]

Is the correct form. If you use

reversed(range(10))

you wont get a 0 case. For instance, say your 10 isn't a magic number and a variable you're using to lookup start from reverse. If your n case is 0, reversed(range(0)) will not execute which is wrong if you by chance have a single object in the zero index.

Answer 4

use reversed() function:

reversed(range(10))

It's much more meaningful.

Update:

If you want it to be a list (as btk pointed out):

list(reversed(range(10)))

Update:

If you want to use only range to achieve the same result, you can use all its parameters. range(start, stop, step)

For example, to generate a list [5,4,3,2,1,0], you can use the following:

range(5, -1, -1)

It may be less intuitive but as the comments mention, this is more efficient and the right usage of range for reversed list.

Answer 5

for i in range(8, 0, -1)

will solve this problem. It will output 8 to 1, and -1 means a reversed list

Answer 6

[9-i for i in range(10)]
[9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]