How to use a decimal range() step value?

Question

Is there a way to step between 0 and 1 by 0.1?

I thought I could do it like the following, but it failed:

for i in range(0, 1, 0.1):
    print i
         


        

Answer 1

Best Solution: no rounding error

>>> step = .1
>>> N = 10     # number of data points
>>> [ x / pow(step, -1) for x in range(0, N + 1) ]

[0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0]

Or, for a set range instead of set data points (e.g. continuous function), use:

>>> step = .1
>>> rnge = 1     # NOTE range = 1, i.e. span of data points
>>> N = int(rnge / step
>>> [ x / pow(step,-1) for x in range(0, N + 1) ]

[0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0]

To implement a function: replace x / pow(step, -1) with f( x / pow(step, -1) ), and define f.
For example:

>>> import math
>>> def f(x):
        return math.sin(x)

>>> step = .1
>>> rnge = 1     # NOTE range = 1, i.e. span of data points
>>> N = int(rnge / step)
>>> [ f( x / pow(step,-1) ) for x in range(0, N + 1) ]

[0.0, 0.09983341664682815, 0.19866933079506122, 0.29552020666133955, 0.3894183423086505, 
 0.479425538604203, 0.5646424733950354, 0.644217687237691, 0.7173560908995228,
 0.7833269096274834, 0.8414709848078965]