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<div><h1>ZZ ..< ZZ -- sequences of consecutive integers</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>s ..< t</tt></div>
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<li><span>Operator: <a href="_.._lt.html" title="a binary operator, used for sequences of consecutive items, not including the endpoint">..<</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>s</tt>, <span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span></span></li>
<li><span><tt>t</tt>, <span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___Sequence.html">sequence</a></span>, the sequence of consecutive integers from <tt>s</tt> to <tt>t</tt>, not including the endpoint</span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : 0 ..< 10
o1 = (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
o1 : Sequence</pre>
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<p>The indices valid for a list of length <tt>n</tt> can be obtained with <tt>0 ..< n</tt>.</p>
<table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i2 : x = {a,c,e,f}
o2 = {a, c, e, f}
o2 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : 0 ..< #x
o3 = (0, 1, 2, 3)
o3 : Sequence</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : apply(0 ..< #x, i -> x#i)
o4 = (a, c, e, f)
o4 : Sequence</pre>
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