Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-14 Thread moogyd
On 13 Jul, 19:49, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What is this *lis operation called? I am having trouble finding any > > reference to it in the python docs or the book learning python. > > One might call this argument unpacking, but > Language Manual / Express

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-14 Thread cokofreedom
> > zip(*vec_list) will zip together all entries in vec_list > Do be aware that zip stops on the shortest iterable. So if vec[1] is > shorter than vec[0] and matches otherwise, your output line will be > truncated. Or if vec[1] is longer and vec[0] matches as far as it goes, > there will be no si

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-13 Thread Terry Reedy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is this *lis operation called? I am having trouble finding any reference to it in the python docs or the book learning python. One might call this argument unpacking, but Language Manual / Expressions / Primaries / Calls simply calls it *expression syntax. "If the

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-13 Thread moogyd
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)] > >>> lis

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-12 Thread Terry Reedy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi group, I have a basic question on the zip built in function. I am writing a simple text file comparison script, that compares line by line and character by character. The output is the original file, with an X in place of any characters that are different. I have

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 12 juil, 20:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi group, > > I have a basic question on the zip built in function. > > I am writing a simple text file comparison script, that compares line > by line and character by character. The output is the original file, > with an X in place of any characters t

Re: Beginner Question : Iterators and zip

2008-07-12 Thread Larry Bates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi group, I have a basic question on the zip built in function. I am writing a simple text file comparison script, that compares line by line and character by character. The output is the original file, with an X in place of any characters that are different. I have ma