I understand how functions like range()
and zip()
can be used in a for loop. However I expected range()
to output a list - much like seq
in the unix shell. If I run the following code:
a=range(10)
print(a)
The output is range(10)
, suggesting it's not a list but a different type of object. zip()
has a similar behaviour when printed, outputting something like
<zip object at "hexadecimal number">
So my question is what are they, what advantages are there to making them this, and how can I get their output to lists without looping over them?