Riemann integral and Lebesgue integral coincide for step functions

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I read the textbook and it states that "with the Riemann step functions $f:[a,b] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, the Lebesgue integral and the Riemann integral coincide" Can someone give some hints to this statement?

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Hint:

Write down by definition what a step function looks like and then calculate by definition the Riemann integral and Lebesgue integral on $[a,b]$ respectively.


As a concrete example, can you calculate $$ \int_0^1f(x)\ dx\quad\textrm{and }\int_{[0,1]}f(x)\ dx $$ where $f(x)=1_{[0,.5]}$?