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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2003-12-16 20:59:37 (GMT)
committerAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2003-12-16 20:59:37 (GMT)
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Make example more readable
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex
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--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex
@@ -301,11 +301,14 @@ counting, or identifying duplicate elements:
\begin{verbatim}
>>> word = 'abracadabra'
->>> [k for k, g in groupby(list.sorted(word))]
+>>> word = list.sorted(word) # Turn string into sorted list of letters
+>>> word
+['a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'r', 'r']
+>>> [k for k, g in groupby(word)] # List the various group keys
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'r']
->>> [(k, len(list(g))) for k, g in groupby(list.sorted(word))]
+>>> [(k, len(list(g))) for k, g in groupby(word)] # List key and group length
[('a', 5), ('b', 2), ('c', 1), ('d', 1), ('r', 2)]
->>> [k for k, g in groupby(list.sorted(word)) if len(list(g)) > 1]
+>>> [k for k, g in groupby(word) if len(list(g)) > 1] # All groups of size >1
['a', 'b', 'r']
\end{verbatim}