RosettaCodeData/Task/Range-expansion/Python/range-expansion-1.py

def rangeexpand(txt):
    lst = []
    for r in txt.split(','):
        if '-' in r[1:]:
            r0, r1 = r[1:].split('-', 1)
            lst += range(int(r[0] + r0), int(r1) + 1)
        else:
            lst.append(int(r))
    return lst

print(rangeexpand('-6,-3--1,3-5,7-11,14,15,17-20'))