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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2009-02-14 04:21:49 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2009-02-14 04:21:49 (GMT) |
| commit | 9e8dbbcdcd462efc8f50008c7182dd399de89097 (patch) | |
| tree | 205c44bc862e68369139148a4309c72d2598ca4b /Doc/library/itertools.rst | |
| parent | 8c20189ce4bb26b18306a7b5fc05db62cf6e9a11 (diff) | |
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Add keyword argument support to itertools.count().
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diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst index fda3beb..ad5a23b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst +++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst @@ -194,15 +194,16 @@ loops that truncate the stream. .. versionadded:: 3.1 -.. function:: count(n=0, step=1) +.. function:: count(start=0, step=1) Make an iterator that returns evenly spaced values starting with *n*. Often used as an argument to :func:`map` to generate consecutive data points. Also, used with :func:`zip` to add sequence numbers. Equivalent to:: - def count(n=0, step=1): + def count(start=0, step=1): # count(10) --> 10 11 12 13 14 ... # count(2.5, 0.5) -> 3.5 3.0 4.5 ... + n = start while True: yield n n += step |