Assigning a range to an array in Python

Question

I know that assigning some values to an array would be as below:

arrayX = [20080711, 20080712, 20080713, 20080714]

But I couldn't find out how to quickly assign these values as a range to the array.

arrayX = []. for i in range(20080711, 20080714): arrayX.append(i) This will result [20080711, 20080712, 20080713, 20080714]. — Rushy Panchal
– Rushy Panchal, Commented Dec 12, 2012 at 13:36

eumiro · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-12 10:50:52Z

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In Python 2.x:

arrayX = range(20080711, 20080714+1)

in Python 3.x:

arrayX = list(range(20080711, 20080714+1))

However, if your ints represent something like a date (YYYYMMDD), it will be trickier:

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
arrayX = []
dt = datetime(2008, 7, 11)
while dt <= datetime(2008, 7, 14):
    arrayX.append(int(dt.strftime('%Y%m%d')))
    dt += timedelta(days=1)

which works over months and years.

answered Dec 12, 2012 at 10:50

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multigoodverse Over a year ago

Keen observation, Eumiro! Does the date code you wrote above count for leap years?

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