On 12 Jul, 21:50, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12 juil, 20:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > zip is (mostly) ok. What you're missing is how to use it for any > arbitrary number of sequences. Try this instead: > > >>> lists = [range(5), range(5,11), range(11, 16)] > >>> lists > > [[0, 1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], [11, 12, 13, 14, 15]]>>> for item in > zip(*lists): > > ... print item > ... > (0, 5, 11) > (1, 6, 12) > (2, 7, 13) > (3, 8, 14) > (4, 9, 15)
What is this *lis operation called? I am having trouble finding any reference to it in the python docs or the book learning python. > > Any other comments/suggestions appreciated. > > There's a difflib package in the standard lib. Did you give it a try ? I'll check it out, but I am a newbie, so I am writing this as a (useful) learning excercise. Thanks for the help Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
