Tobiah wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:13:34 -0800, Chris Rebert wrote: >>>>> zip(*a)[1] >> (2, 4, 6) > > That would be what I was after. Where can I read about > this mysterious use of the '*'? Python Symbol Glossary lists uses of all symbols. http://code.google.com/p/xploro/downloads/list