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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2005-08-21 11:58:06 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2005-08-21 11:58:06 (GMT) |
| commit | 1823ae7e36c595e221cf21e10cb4380f0ce4ba69 (patch) | |
| tree | 1652af7c0204797a78c29fd7615d72ddb9bdf446 | |
| parent | a30616a88db1ccc481cd5c8e4b78652df5c0f8cf (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 cf38c60..84b0ed5 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -1149,12 +1149,12 @@ 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. |