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diff --git a/Doc/library/operator.rst b/Doc/library/operator.rst
index 7986ca6..a2329e8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/operator.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/operator.rst
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ objects.
Be careful not to misinterpret the results of these functions; only
:func:`isCallable` has any measure of reliability with instance objects.
- For example::
+ For example:
>>> class C:
... pass
@@ -479,13 +479,14 @@ objects.
useful than it otherwise might be.
Example: Build a dictionary that maps the ordinals from ``0`` to ``255`` to
-their character equivalents. ::
+their character equivalents.
>>> import operator
>>> d = {}
>>> keys = range(256)
>>> vals = map(chr, keys)
>>> map(operator.setitem, [d]*len(keys), keys, vals)
+ [None, None, ..., None]
.. XXX: find a better, readable, example
@@ -533,14 +534,15 @@ expect a function argument.
The items can be any type accepted by the operand's :meth:`__getitem__`
method. Dictionaries accept any hashable value. Lists, tuples, and
- strings accept an index or a slice::
+ strings accept an index or a slice:
- >>> itemgetter(1)('ABCDEFG')
- 'B'
- >>> itemgetter(1,3,5)('ABCDEFG')
- ('B', 'D', 'F')
- >>> itemgetter(slice(2,None))('ABCDEFG')
- 'CDEFG'
+ >>> from operator import itemgetter
+ >>> itemgetter(1)('ABCDEFG')
+ 'B'
+ >>> itemgetter(1,3,5)('ABCDEFG')
+ ('B', 'D', 'F')
+ >>> itemgetter(slice(2,None))('ABCDEFG')
+ 'CDEFG'
.. versionadded:: 2.4
@@ -548,9 +550,8 @@ expect a function argument.
Added support for multiple item extraction.
Example of using :func:`itemgetter` to retrieve specific fields from a
- tuple record::
+ tuple record:
- >>> from operator import itemgetter
>>> inventory = [('apple', 3), ('banana', 2), ('pear', 5), ('orange', 1)]
>>> getcount = itemgetter(1)
>>> map(getcount, inventory)