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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2005-08-21 11:59:04 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2005-08-21 11:59:04 (GMT) |
| commit | e72393978f254ccf5e51ae8de6b99dc3568f124d (patch) | |
| tree | 51e4c796296341211297ea67c00dd13a14b1b9f4 | |
| parent | d4a439c2f964b539d7b8e1f3fd3b811586e34077 (diff) | |
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SF bug #1121416: zip incorrectly and incompletely documented
sequences ==> iterables
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index c0595b1..77ee972 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -1111,12 +1111,12 @@ It's a function that the number of elements fit in a native C long.} \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{zip}{\optional{seq1, \moreargs}} +\begin{funcdesc}{zip}{\optional{iterable, \moreargs}} This function returns a list of tuples, where the \var{i}-th tuple contains - the \var{i}-th element from each of the argument sequences. + the \var{i}-th element from each of the argument sequences or iterables. The returned list is truncated in length to the length of - the shortest argument sequence. When there are multiple argument - sequences which are all of the same length, \function{zip()} is + the shortest argument sequence. When there are multiple arguments + which are all of the same length, \function{zip()} is similar to \function{map()} with an initial argument of \code{None}. With a single sequence argument, it returns a list of 1-tuples. With no arguments, it returns an empty list. |