[Tutor] solution for for loop?

[Peter Otten]

Clayton Kirkwood wrote:

> description_string=code_string=''
> 
> description = code = 'a'
> 
> for (description_position, code_position) in (description, code):
> 
>     print(description_position,code_position)

> I have tried variations on this for statement, and it doesn't work:<)))
> Both description and code have the same size array. I was hoping that some
> derivative of this for would bring in a new description_position value,
> and code_position value.

You want zip():

>>> colors = [ "red", "green", "yellow"]
>>> fruit_list = ["cherry", "apple", "banana"]
>>> for color, fruit in zip(colors, fruit_list):
...     print(color, fruit)
... 
red cherry
green apple
yellow banana