Is there a simple function to generate a list like ['a', 'b', 'c', ... 'z']?

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Is there a simple function to generate a list like ['a', 'b', 'c', ...
'z']? The range() just can generate the numeric list.

[Michael Bentley]

On Apr 9, 2007, at 3:29 AM, 人言�日是天涯，望�天涯�
�家 wrote:

Is there a simple function to generate a list like ['a', 'b', 'c', ...
'z']? The range() just can generate the numeric list.

import string
list(string.lowercase)

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人言�日是天涯，望�天涯��家 schrieb:

Is there a simple function to generate a list like ['a', 'b', 'c', ...
'z']? The range() just can generate the numeric list.

There is:
[ chr(i) for i in range(97, 123) ]

Thomas

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On Apr 9, 4:35Â*pm, Michael Bentley <[e-mail]:

On Apr 9, 2007, at 3:29 AM, 人言�日是天涯，望�天涯�

�家 wrote:

Is there a simple function to generate a list like ['a', 'b', 'c', ...
'z']? Â* The range() just can generate the numeric list.

import string
list(string.lowercase)

Thanks a lot!

[7stud]

On Apr 9, 2:29Â*am, "人言è�½æ—¥æ˜¯å¤©æ¶¯ï¼Œæœ›æž�天涯ä¸�è§�家 " <[e-mail]:

Is there a simple function to generate a list like ['a', 'b', 'c', ...
'z']? Â* The range() just can generate the numeric list.

Not very simple, but how about a list comprehension:

import string

lst = [char for char in string.letters[:26] ]
print lst

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On Apr 9, 4:39Â*pm, Thomas Krüger <[e-mail]:

人言�日是天涯，望�天涯��家 schrieb:

Is there a simple function to generate a list like ['a', 'b', 'c', ...
'z']? Â* The range() just can generate the numeric list.

There is:
[ chr(i) for i in range(97, 123) ]

Thomas

Thanks you too! I'm a beginner of python.

[martinskou]

map(chr,range(65,91))

/Martin

[Duncan Booth]

Michael Bentley <mi*****@jedimindworks.comwrote:

>
On Apr 9, 2007, at 3:29 AM, 人言�日是天涯，望�天涯�
�家 wrote:

>Is there a simple function to generate a list like ['a', 'b', 'c', ...
'z']? The range() just can generate the numeric list.

import string
list(string.lowercase)

Be careful here. If you change locale that will return all lowercase
letters not just 'a' to 'z'. For example:

>>import locale, string
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')

'English_United Kingdom.1252'

>>print string.lowercase

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzƒšœžªµºßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîï ðñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿ

>>>

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:43:11 -0700, 7stud wrote:

>Is there a simple function to generate a list like ['a', 'b', 'c', ...
'z']? * The range() just can generate the numeric list.

Not very simple, but how about a list comprehension:

import string

lst = [char for char in string.letters[:26] ]
print lst

Anytime you write a list comp like [x for x in thing] that should be a
warning that you shouldn't be writing a list comp.

lst = list(string.letters[:26])
--
Steven.

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Thomas[ chr(i) for i in range(97, 123) ]

Or with fewer magic numbers:

[chr(i) for i in range(ord('a'), ord('z')+1)]

Skip

[Michael Bentley]

On Apr 9, 2007, at 6:30 AM, Duncan Booth wrote:

Michael Bentley <mi*****@jedimindworks.comwrote:

>>
On Apr 9, 2007, at 3:29 AM, 人言�日是天涯，望�天涯�
�家 wrote:

>>Is there a simple function to generate a list like ['a', 'b',
'c', ...
'z']? The range() just can generate the numeric list.

import string
list(string.lowercase)

Be careful here. If you change locale that will return all lowercase
letters not just 'a' to 'z'. For example:

>>>import locale, string
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')

'English_United Kingdom.1252'

>>>print string.lowercase

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzƒšœžªµºßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîï ðñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿ

Thanks, Duncan -- that would have eventually bitten me.