if by mistake a user overwrote a keyword, for example, range

Question

for range in ranges:
    print(range)

I have used the above code by mistake overwrote range keyword - Is there any way to retrieve this keyword?

Change the name of your variable to something else than `range`... — Léopold Houdin, Sep 29 '18 at 15:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 29 '18 at 15:58

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You can get it from the builtins module:

import builtins
range = builtins.range

Or if you're using Python 2.7 or earlier:

import __builtin__
range = __builtin__.range

answered Sep 29 '18 at 15:58

blhsing

this works do i need to do this whenver i like to use range – A. Erwemi Sep 29 '18 at 16:11
Do this just in case you overwrite a keyword by mistake in a Python shell, but don't do it intentionally in your actual code as it can easily make your code hard to debug and cause confusion. – blhsing Sep 29 '18 at 16:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '18 at 16:02

0

Issue a

del range

and you'll have your range back.

answered Sep 29 '18 at 16:02

progmatico

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