New submission from Trey Hunner <trey@truthful.technology>:
From the itertools documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/itertools.html?highlight=itertools#itertoo...
Also, used with zip() to add sequence numbers.
I'm not certain what the goal of the original sentence was, but I think it's unclear as currently written. I assume this is what's meant: my_sequence = [1, 2, 3, 4] for i, item in zip(count(1), my_sequence): print(i, item) This is a strange thing to note though because enumerate would be a better use here. my_sequence = [1, 2, 3, 4] for i, item in enumerate(my_sequence, start=1): print(i, item) Maybe what is meant is that count can be used with a step while enumerate cannot? my_sequence = [1, 2, 3, 4] for i, item in zip(count(step=5), my_sequence): print(i, item) If that's the case it seems like step should instead be mentioned there instead of "sequence numbers". ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 313606 nosy: docs@python, trey priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: itertools.count() confusingly mentions zip() and sequence numbers type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33049> _______________________________________