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Issue #7369: Fibonacci series should start at 0 in tutorial example.
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@ -194,13 +194,13 @@ boundary::
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>>> def fib(n): # write Fibonacci series up to n
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... """Print a Fibonacci series up to n."""
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... a, b = 0, 1
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... while b < n:
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... print b,
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... while a < n:
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... print a,
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... a, b = b, a+b
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...
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>>> # Now call the function we just defined:
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... fib(2000)
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1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597
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0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987 1597
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.. index::
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single: documentation strings
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@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ mechanism::
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<function fib at 10042ed0>
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>>> f = fib
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>>> f(100)
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1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89
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0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89
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Coming from other languages, you might object that ``fib`` is not a function but
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a procedure since it doesn't return a value. In fact, even functions without a
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... """Return a list containing the Fibonacci series up to n."""
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... result = []
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... a, b = 0, 1
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... while b < n:
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... result.append(b) # see below
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... while a < n:
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... result.append(a) # see below
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... a, b = b, a+b
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... return result
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...
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>>> f100 = fib2(100) # call it
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>>> f100 # write the result
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[1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89]
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[0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89]
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This example, as usual, demonstrates some new Python features:
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@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ This example, as usual, demonstrates some new Python features:
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:keyword:`return` without an expression argument returns ``None``. Falling off
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the end of a function also returns ``None``.
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* The statement ``result.append(b)`` calls a *method* of the list object
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* The statement ``result.append(a)`` calls a *method* of the list object
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``result``. A method is a function that 'belongs' to an object and is named
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``obj.methodname``, where ``obj`` is some object (this may be an expression),
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and ``methodname`` is the name of a method that is defined by the object's type.
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object types and methods, using *classes*, see :ref:`tut-classes`)
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The method :meth:`append` shown in the example is defined for list objects; it
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adds a new element at the end of the list. In this example it is equivalent to
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``result = result + [b]``, but more efficient.
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``result = result + [a]``, but more efficient.
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.. _tut-defining:
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