[Tutor] List iteration

[Simon Brunning]

> I would like to do some list iteration, is there a way to do something
> like
> this:
> 
> 
> # code start
> list_a = ['a', 'b', 'c']
> list_b = ['d', 'e', 'f']
> 
> for x, y in [list_a, list_b]:
> ....print  x + y          # hypo, this FAILS!! since the iterators length
> is shorter than the number of elements in list_a or list_b
 
If you are doing what I *think* you are doing, then the zip builtin might
help. Try:

for x, y in zip(list_a, list_b):
    print x + y

Cheers,
Simon Brunning
TriSystems Ltd.
sbrunning@trisystems.co.uk




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