Arithmetic progression

OSCC · Python, Math · Nov 2, 2020

Generates a list of numbers in the arithmetic progression starting with the given positive integer and up to the specified limit.

• Use range() and list() with the appropriate start, step and end values.

def arithmetic_progression(n, lim):
  return list(range(n, lim + 1, n))

arithmetic_progression(5, 25) # [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]

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