On May 26, 4:54 am, mosscliffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought I had the difference between 'zip' and 'map' sorted but when > I try to fill missing entries with something other than 'None'. I do > not seem to be able to get it to work - any pointers appreciated. > > Richard > > lista = ['a1', 'a2'] > listb = ['b10', 'b11','b12' ,'b13'] > > for x,y in zip(lista, listb): # Fine Truncates as expected > print "ZIP:", x, "<<x y>>", y > > for x,y in map(None, lista, listb): # Also fine - extends as > expected > print "MAP:", x, "<<x y>>", y > > for x,y in map("N/A", lista, listb): ########## Fails - Can not call a > 'str' > print "MAP:", x, "<<x y>>", y > > def fillwith(fillchars): > return fillchars > > for x,y in map(fillwith("N/A"), lista, listb): ########## Fails also - > Can not call a 'str' > print "MAP:", x, "<<x y>>", y
zip(lista + ['N/A'] * 2, listb) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list