Is the Range object an iterator?

No. range is iterable, but not an iterator.

• Iterable object - an object that can return an iterator. It has the __iter__() method.
• Iterator - an object that supports the iterator protocol. It has the __next__() method and the __iter__() method, which returns itself.

The range object generates values on demand but does not store them in memory, making it efficient for large sequences.

# Example of using range
my_range = range(5)

# my_range is iterable
print(hasattr(my_range, '__iter__')) # Output: True

# It can return an iterator
my_iterator = iter(my_range)
print(hasattr(my_iterator, '__next__')) # Output: True