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alphanumeric_range.py
def arange(start, end):
"""alphanumeric range, inclusive"""
return (chr(i) for i in range(ord(start), ord(end) + 1))
>>> arange('A', 'B')
<generator object arange.<locals>.<genexpr> at 0x1047bcbf8>
>>> list(arange('A', 'Z'))
['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z']
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