sum for sequences?
Steve Holden
steve at holdenweb.com
Wed Mar 24 11:42:52 EDT 2010
kj wrote:
>
> Is there a sequence-oriented equivalent to the sum built-in? E.g.:
>
> seq_sum(((1, 2), (5, 6))) --> (1, 2) + (5, 6) --> (1, 2, 5, 6)
>
> ?
>
> (By "sequence" I'm referring primarily to lists and tuples, and
> excluding strings, since for these there is ''.join()).
>
Do you mean you want to flatten a list structure? There have been
several discussions about this, which Google will find for you quite easily.
regards
Steve
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