Summary  
This chapter covers how to create and use a custom iterable range by defining start, end, and step values and implementing the iterator protocol (or using a generator) to loop through numeric sequences.

General domain of usage  
Data processing


import unittest
import user_code
import ast
import re   
import unittest
import importlib

class TestTask(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_odds_in_range(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        odds = user_code.OddRange(3, 11)
        result = list(odds)
        expected = [3, 5, 7, 9]
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result == expected,
            f"Yields correct odd numbers from 3 (inclusive) to 11 (exclusive): {expected}",
            f"Expected {expected}, got {result}",
        )

    def test_first_odd_is_start_if_odd(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        odds = user_code.OddRange(7, 15)
        result = list(odds)
        expected = [7, 9, 11, 13]
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result and result[0] == 7,
            "First yielded number is start if start is odd.",
            f"First yielded number should be 7, got {result[0] if result else None}",
        )

    def test_first_odd_is_start_plus_one_if_even(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        odds = user_code.OddRange(8, 15)
        result = list(odds)
        expected = [9, 11, 13]
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result == expected,
            "First yielded number is start+1 if start is even.",
            f"Expected {expected}, got {result}",
        )

    def test_stop_iteration(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        odds = user_code.OddRange(3, 5)
        it = iter(odds)
        next_val = next(it)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            next_val == 3,
            "First call to next yields 3.",
            f"Expected 3, got {next_val}",
        )
        raised = False
        try:
            next(it)
        except StopIteration:
            raised = True
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            raised,
            "StopIteration is raised after all odds are yielded.",
            "StopIteration was not raised when expected.",
        )

    def test_negative_range(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        odds = user_code.OddRange(-5, 2)
        result = list(odds)
        expected = [-5, -3, -1, 1]
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result == expected,
            "Works for negative start and stop.",
            f"Expected {expected}, got {result}",
        )

    def test_empty_range(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        odds = user_code.OddRange(4, 5)
        result = list(odds)
        expected = []
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result == expected,
            "Yields no values if no odds in range.",
            f"Expected {expected}, got {result}",
        )

    def test_no_odds_in_range(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        odds = user_code.OddRange(2, 4)
        result = list(odds)
        expected = [3]
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result == expected,
            "Yields only odd numbers in the range.",
            f"Expected {expected}, got {result}",
        )

def _dynamic_test(test_case, condition, success_message, failure_message):
    if condition:
        test_case._testMethodName = success_message
        test_case.assertTrue(True, success_message)
    else:
        test_case._testMethodName = failure_message
        test_case.fail(failure_message)

def normalize_text(text):
    text = text.lower()
    text = re.sub(r"\s{2,}", " ", text)
    text = re.sub(r"\s*([,:?])\s*", r"\1 ", text)
    return text.strip()

def change_var(code: str, var_name: str, value: str) -> str:
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    lines = code.splitlines()
    for i, node in enumerate(tree.body):
        if isinstance(node, ast.Assign):
            for target in node.targets:
                if isinstance(target, ast.Name) and target.id == var_name:
                    start_line = node.lineno - 1
                    line = lines[start_line]
                    indent = ' ' * (len(line) - len(line.lstrip()))
                    lines[start_line] = f"{indent}{var_name} = {value}"
                    next_line = len(lines)
                    for next_node in tree.body[i+1:]:
                        if hasattr(next_node, 'lineno'):
                            next_line = next_node.lineno - 1
                            break
                    if next_line > start_line + 1:
                        lines[start_line+1:next_line] = []
                    
                    return '\\n'.join(lines)
    return code

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()


test_main.py

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Challenge: Iterating Over a Custom Range

Solution

Challenge: Iterating Over a Custom Range

Solution