Fix - NameError: name 'xrange' is not defined in Python

Fix - NameError: name 'xrange' is not defined in Python #

The Python "NameError: name 'xrange' is not defined" when we use the xrange() function in a Python 3 codebase. To solve the error, use the range() function instead, because xrange was renamed to range in Python 3.

Here is an example of how the error occurs.

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# ⛔️ NameError: name 'xrange' is not defined. Did you mean: 'range'?
for n in xrange(1, 10):
    print(n)

To solve the error, simply replace xrange with range.

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for n in range(1, 10):
    print(n)

The xrange function was renamed to range in Python 3.

The range class is commonly used for looping a specific number of times in for loops and takes the following parameters:

If you only pass a single argument to the range() constructor, it is considered to be the value for the stop parameter.

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for n in range(5):
    print(n)

result = list(range(5))

# 👇️ [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
print(result)

If values for the start and stop parameters are provided, the start value is inclusive, whereas the stop value is exclusive.

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result = list(range(1, 5))

# 👇️ [1, 2, 3, 4]
print(result)

Notice that the range goes up to, but not including 5 because the stop value is exclusive.

If you need to create a range that consists of every N numbers, provide a value for the step parameter.

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result = list(range(1, 7, 2))

# 👇️ [1, 3, 5]
print(result)

We passed a value of 2 for the step parameter. Notice that the start value is still inclusive, and the stop value is still exclusive.

If the value for the stop parameter is lower than the value for the start parameter, the range will be empty.

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result = list(range(1, 0))

# 👇️ []
print(result)