[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/tut tut.tex,1.201,1.202

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/tut
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv936

Modified Files:
	tut.tex 
Log Message:
SF patch #797868:  Tutorial, sec. 5.1.4 could contain an extra example
(Revised from the original patch contributed by Michal Pasternak.)

Also, make a couple minor fixups elsewhere.



Index: tut.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/tut/tut.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.201
retrieving revision 1.202
diff -C2 -d -r1.201 -r1.202
*** tut.tex	23 Aug 2003 03:49:08 -0000	1.201
--- tut.tex	30 Aug 2003 23:21:32 -0000	1.202
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*** 123,127 ****
  single statement;
  \item
! statement grouping is done by indentation instead of begin/end
  brackets;
  \item
--- 123,127 ----
  single statement;
  \item
! statement grouping is done by indentation instead of beginning and ending
  brackets;
  \item
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*** 518,522 ****
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
! TypeError: can't convert complex to float; use e.g. abs(z)
  >>> a.real
  3.0
--- 518,522 ----
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
! TypeError: can't convert complex to float; use abs(z)
  >>> a.real
  3.0
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*** 1924,1927 ****
--- 1924,1935 ----
  >>> [vec1[i]*vec2[i] for i in range(len(vec1))]
  [8, 12, -54]
+ \end{verbatim}
+ 
+ List comprehensions are much more flexible than \function{map()} and can be
+ applied to functions with more than one argument and to nested functions:
+ 
+ \begin{verbatim}
+ >>> [str(round(355/113.0, i)) for i in range(1,6)]
+ ['3.1', '3.14', '3.142', '3.1416', '3.14159']
  \end{verbatim}