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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2003-04-22 14:52:08 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2003-04-22 14:52:08 (GMT) |
commit | 282be3ab89ff864c5499b38442a51b696401d0c8 (patch) | |
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parent | d69b74453192bed078946fbe0f2b06489a118121 (diff) | |
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- explain the start argument to sum()
- various adjustments to sum() markup and explanation
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index 50f22f8..345037e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -897,11 +897,12 @@ class C: \versionadded{2.2} \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{sum}{sequence\optional{start=0}} - Sums up the items of a \var{sequence}, from left to right, and returns - the total. The \var{sequence}'s items are normally numbers, and are - not allowed to be strings. The fast, correct way to join up a - sequence of strings is by calling \code{''.join(\var{sequence})}. +\begin{funcdesc}{sum}{sequence\optional{, start}} + Sums \var{start} and the items of a \var{sequence}, from left to + right, and returns the total. \var{start} defaults to \code{0}. + The \var{sequence}'s items are normally numbers, and are not allowed + to be strings. The fast, correct way to concatenate sequence of + strings is by calling \code{''.join(\var{sequence})}. \versionadded{2.3} \end{funcdesc} |