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def hyphen_range(s):
    """ Takes a range in form of "a-b" and generate a list of numbers between a and b inclusive.
    Also accepts comma separated ranges like "a-b,c-d,f" will build a list which will include
    Numbers from a to b, a to d and f"""
    s="".join(s.split())#removes white space
    r=set()
    for x in s.split(','):
        t=x.split('-')
        if len(t) not in [1,2]: raise SyntaxError("hash_range is given its arguement as "+s+" which seems not correctly formated.")
        r.add(int(t[0])) if len(t)==1 else r.update(set(range(int(t[0]),int(t[1])+1)))
    l=list(r)
    l.sort()
    return l


    

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list(hyphen_range('6949-6960'))


    

    
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[6949, 6950, 6951, 6952, 6953, 6954, 6955, 6956, 6957, 6958, 6959, 6960]

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ATuple = (1,2,3)
ALst = [1,2,3]