Clarify seq function

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Joe Mooring 2023-04-01 11:58:24 -07:00 committed by Joe Mooring
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---
title: seq
description: Creates a sequence of integers.
description: Returns a slice of integers.
categories: [functions]
menu:
docs:
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relatedfuncs: []
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It's named and used in the model of [GNU's seq].
```
3 → 1, 2, 3
1 2 4 → 1, 3
-3 → -1, -2, -3
1 4 → 1, 2, 3, 4
1 -2 → 1, 0, -1, -2
```go-html-template
{{ seq 2 }} → [1 2]
{{ seq 0 2 }} → [0 1 2]
{{ seq -2 2 }} → [-2 -1 0 1 2]
{{ seq -2 2 2 }} → [-2 0 2]
```
## Example: `seq` with `range` and `after`
You can use `seq` in combination with `range` and `after`. The following will return 19 elements:
Iterate over a sequence of integers:
```go-html-template
{{ range after 1 (seq 20) }}
{{ $product := 1 }}
{{ range seq 4 }}
{{ $product = mul $product . }}
{{ end }}
{{ $product }} → 24
```
However, when ranging with an index, the following may be less confusing in that `$indexStartingAt1` and `$num` will return `1,2,3 ... 20`:
```go-html-template
{{ range $index, $num := seq 20 }}
{{ $indexStartingAt1 := add $index 1 }}
{{ end }}
```
[GNU's seq]: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/seq-invocation.html#seq-invocation