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Using range

Create a range of integers one through five

    range 1 5

Yields 1 2 3 4 5

Create a range of integer negative two to six

    range -- -2 6

Yields -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Create a range of even integers two to ten

    range -increment=2 2 10

Yields 2 4 6 8 10

Create a descending range of integers ten down to one

    range 10 1

Yields 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Pick a random integer between zero and ten

    range -r 0 10

Yields a random integer from 0 to 10

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