# Integer overflow in Range#step

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integer-overflow-in-range-step/114149>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [September 8, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integer-overflow-in-range-step/114149 "2007-09-08T16:57:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![sheepman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@sheepman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sheepman)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/integer-overflow-in-range-step/114149/1 "2007-09-08T16:57:15Z")

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$ ruby-1.8 -ve ’ (1…2).step(2\*\*31-1){|i| p i}’  
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-01 patchlevel 5000) [i686-linux]  
1  
-2147483648  
-1