C# equivalent of Python's range with step?

Question

Is there a C# equivalent of Python's range with step?

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Documentation:

For a positive step, the contents of a range r are determined by the formula r[i] = start + step*i where i >= 0 and r[i] < stop.

For a negative step, the contents of the range are still determined by the formula r[i] = start + step*i, but the constraints are i >= 0 and r[i] > stop.

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Example:

>>> list(range(0, 10, 3))
[0, 3, 6, 9]
>>> list(range(0, -10, -1))
[0, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9]

Answer 1

We can implement a static utility class to handle this.

For completeness, this solution mimics Python's range behavior for one parameter (stop), two parameters (start, stop), and three parameters (start, stop, step):

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public static class EnumerableUtilities
{
    public static IEnumerable<int> RangePython(int start, int stop, int step = 1)
    {
        if (step == 0)
            throw new ArgumentException("Parameter step cannot equal zero.");

        if (start < stop && step > 0)
        {
            for (var i = start; i < stop; i += step)
            {
                yield return i;
            }
        }
        else if (start > stop && step < 0)
        {
            for (var i = start; i > stop; i += step)
            {
                yield return i;
            }
        }
    }

    public static IEnumerable<int> RangePython(int stop)
    {
        return RangePython(0, stop);
    }
}

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Example Usage with Step:

foreach (var i in EnumerableUtilities.RangePython(0, 10, 3))
{
    Console.WriteLine(i);
}

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Output:

0
3
6
9