Python 3 turn range to a list

In Pythons <= 3.4 you can, as others suggested, use list(range(10)) in order to make a list out of a range (In general, any iterable).

Another alternative, introduced in Python 3.5 with its unpacking generalizations, is by using * in a list literal []:

>>> r = range(10)
>>> l = [*r]
>>> print(l)
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Though this is equivalent to list(r), it's literal syntax and the fact that no function call is involved does let it execute faster. It's also less characters, if you need to code golf :-)

The reason why Python3 lacks a function for directly getting a ranged list is because the original Python3 designer was quite novice in Python2. He only considered the use of range() function in a for loop, thus, the list should never need to be expanded. In fact, very often we do need to use the range() function to produce a list and pass into a function.

Therefore, in this case, Python3 is less convenient as compared to Python2 because:

• In Python2, we have xrange() and range();
• In Python3, we have range() and list(range())

Nonetheless, you can still use list expansion in this way:

[*range(N)]

Python 3:

my_list = [*range(1001)]

Use Range in Python 3.

Here is a example function that return in between numbers from two numbers

def get_between_numbers(a, b):
    """
    This function will return in between numbers from two numbers.
    :param a:
    :param b:
    :return:
    """
    x = []
    if b < a:
        x.extend(range(b, a))
        x.append(a)
    else:
        x.extend(range(a, b))
        x.append(b)

    return x

Result

print(get_between_numbers(5, 9))
print(get_between_numbers(9, 5))

[5, 6, 7, 8, 9]  
[5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

In fact, this is a retro-gradation of Python3 as compared to Python2. Certainly, Python2 which uses range() and xrange() is more convenient than Python3 which uses list(range()) and range() respectively. The reason is because the original designer of Python3 is not very experienced, they only considered the use of the range function by many beginners to iterate over a large number of elements where it is both memory and CPU inefficient; but they neglected the use of the range function to produce a number list. Now, it is too late for them to change back already.

If I was to be the designer of Python3, I will:

1. use irange to return a sequence iterator
2. use lrange to return a sequence list
3. use range to return either a sequence iterator (if the number of elements is large, e.g., range(9999999) or a sequence list (if the number of elements is small, e.g., range(10))

That should be optimal.