[Just] > But isn't the feature a neccesity to make this work: > > for a, b in zip(seqA, seqB): Yes, that is why it is there to begin with. But that doesn't mean going off the deep-end and writing: for a[3] in data: . . . for a[:] in data: . . . for a.abomination in data: . . . for d[k] in data: . . . Raymond Hettinger