Making a list of evenly spaced numbers in a certain range in python

Given numpy, you could use linspace:

Including the right endpoint (5):

In [46]: import numpy as np
In [47]: np.linspace(0,5,10)
Out[47]: 
array([ 0.        ,  0.55555556,  1.11111111,  1.66666667,  2.22222222,
        2.77777778,  3.33333333,  3.88888889,  4.44444444,  5.        ])

Excluding the right endpoint:

In [48]: np.linspace(0,5,10,endpoint=False)
Out[48]: array([ 0. ,  0.5,  1. ,  1.5,  2. ,  2.5,  3. ,  3.5,  4. ,  4.5])

f = 0.5
a = 0
b = 9
d = [x * f for x in range(a, b)]

would be a way to do it.


You can use the following approach:

[lower + x*(upper-lower)/length for x in range(length)]

lower and/or upper must be assigned as floats for this approach to work.


Similar to unutbu's answer, you can use numpy's arange function, which is analog to Python's intrinsic function range. Notice that the end point is not included, as in range:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> a = np.arange(0,5, 0.5)
>>> a
array([ 0. ,  0.5,  1. ,  1.5,  2. ,  2.5,  3. ,  3.5,  4. ,  4.5])
>>> a = np.arange(0,5, 0.5) # returns a numpy array
>>> a
array([ 0. ,  0.5,  1. ,  1.5,  2. ,  2.5,  3. ,  3.5,  4. ,  4.5])
>>> a.tolist() # if you prefer it as a list
[0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5]

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