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  1. def parse_page_range(page_range):
  2.     pages = set()
  3.  
  4.     for part in page_range.split(","):
  5.         part = part.strip()
  6.  
  7.         if "-" in part:
  8.             start, end = map(int, part.split("-"))
  9.             pages.update(range(start, end + 1))
  10.         else:
  11.             pages.add(int(part))
  12.  
  13.     return sorted(pages)
  14.  
  15.  
  16. examples = [
  17.     "1-3",
  18.     "1,3,5",
  19.     "1-3,7,9-11",
  20.     "2,4-6,10"
  21. ]
  22.  
  23. for example in examples:
  24.     print(f"{example} -> {parse_page_range(example)}")
Success #stdin #stdout 0.07s 14088KB
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1-3 -> [1, 2, 3]
1,3,5 -> [1, 3, 5]
1-3,7,9-11 -> [1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11]
2,4-6,10 -> [2, 4, 5, 6, 10]
https://ideone.com/qscGF8
A small Python utility that converts PDF page-range expressions such as "1-3,7,9-11" into individual page numbers.

This type of logic can be useful when building PDF workflows that allow users to select specific pages for extraction, deletion, splitting, or other document operations.

PDFKing:
https://p...content-available-to-author-only...g.app
language:
Python 3 (python  3.12)
created:
11 hours ago
visibility:
public

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