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RangeStart function

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Namespace: Microsoft.Quantum.Core

Package: Microsoft.Quantum.QSharp.Foundation

Returns the defined start value of the given range.

function RangeStart (range : Range) : Int

Input

range : Range

Input range.

Output : Int

The defined start value of the given range.

Remarks

A range expression's first element is start, its second element is start+step, third element is start+step+step, etc., until end is passed.

Note that the defined start value of a range is the same as the first element of the sequence, unless the range specifies an empty sequence (for example, 2 .. 1).