I was testing some code and noticed something that seemed odd to me when trying to use the range operator (“:”). julia> 1:5 1:5 but julia> 5:1 5:4 I don’t see anything in the help for : that suggests different behavior if a<b or a>b for a:b, although in the help for range I do see this statement…

Note the part about step defaulting to 1. help?> : search: : :: ?: >: <: (:)(start, [step], stop) Range operator. a:b constructs a range from a to b with a step size equal to 1, which produces: • a UnitRange when a and b are integers, or • a StepRange when a and b are characters…

Question about range operator (":")

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stevengj March 6, 2024, 5:27pm 5