Here's a peeve of mine about Python help - it often has zero examples. I printed help(zip) to see what it does and got this:
Return a zip object whose .__next__() method returns a tuple where | the i-th element comes from the i-th iterable argument. The .__next__() | method continues until the shortest iterable in the argument sequence | is exhausted and then it raises StopIteration. Not understandable right off, IMHO, unless you're already hardcore. Okay, I figured it out by running it with some iterables, so I didn't have to google around looking for examples. It would have saved time if there was just one example of what you would get from running next() on a zip or number lists a few times, since it's a simple concept. I'm coming from Jquery, which is chock full of examples, so everyone from bankers to pimps (if there is a difference) can use it. I think the name is confusing zip with compacting, too. Although to be fair. choosing_nth_item_from_parallel_sequences_until_there_is_no_match_on_n() might be too much typing compared to zip() ;') -- Jim Sci-fi novel in one line: Congratulations miss, you have twins - but one is dark matter. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
