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---
title: seq
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description: Creates a sequence of integers.
godocref:
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
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docs:
parent: "functions"
keywords: []
signature: ["seq LAST", "seq FIRST LAST", "seq FIRST INCREMENT LAST"]
workson: []
hugoversion:
relatedfuncs: []
deprecated: false
draft: false
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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
```
## Example: `seq` with `range` and `after`
You can use `seq` in combination with `range` and `after`. The following will return 19 elements:
```
{{ range after 1 (seq 20)}}
{{ end }}
```
However, when ranging with an index, the following may be less confusing in that `$indexStartingAt1` and `$num` will return `1,2,3 ... 20`:
```
{{ 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