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authorRaymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>2019-06-01 22:01:46 (GMT)
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Put math.comb() docs is correct place alphabetically (GH-13734)
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@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ Number-theoretic and representation functions
:class:`~numbers.Integral` value.
+.. function:: comb(n, k)
+
+ Return the number of ways to choose *k* items from *n* items without repetition
+ and without order.
+
+ Also called the binomial coefficient. It is mathematically equal to the expression
+ ``n! / (k! (n - k)!)``. It is equivalent to the coefficient of the *k*-th term in the
+ polynomial expansion of the expression ``(1 + x) ** n``.
+
+ Raises :exc:`TypeError` if the arguments not integers.
+ Raises :exc:`ValueError` if the arguments are negative or if *k* > *n*.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.8
+
+
.. function:: copysign(x, y)
Return a float with the magnitude (absolute value) of *x* but the sign of
@@ -232,21 +247,6 @@ Number-theoretic and representation functions
:meth:`x.__trunc__() <object.__trunc__>`.
-.. function:: comb(n, k)
-
- Return the number of ways to choose *k* items from *n* items without repetition
- and without order.
-
- Also called the binomial coefficient. It is mathematically equal to the expression
- ``n! / (k! (n - k)!)``. It is equivalent to the coefficient of the *k*-th term in the
- polynomial expansion of the expression ``(1 + x) ** n``.
-
- Raises :exc:`TypeError` if the arguments not integers.
- Raises :exc:`ValueError` if the arguments are negative or if *k* > *n*.
-
- .. versionadded:: 3.8
-
-
Note that :func:`frexp` and :func:`modf` have a different call/return pattern
than their C equivalents: they take a single argument and return a pair of
values, rather than returning their second return value through an 'output