Commit 2f08df36 authored by Raymond Hettinger's avatar Raymond Hettinger

Issue #10029: Fix sample code in the docs for zip().

parent 5b0e9e84
...@@ -1235,11 +1235,18 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. ...@@ -1235,11 +1235,18 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
iterable argument, it returns an iterator of 1-tuples. With no arguments, iterable argument, it returns an iterator of 1-tuples. With no arguments,
it returns an empty iterator. Equivalent to:: it returns an empty iterator. Equivalent to::
def zip(*iterables): def zip(*iterables):
# zip('ABCD', 'xy') --> Ax By # zip('ABCD', 'xy') --> Ax By
iterables = map(iter, iterables) sentinel = object()
while iterables: iterables = [iter(it) for it in iterables]
yield tuple(map(next, iterables)) while iterables:
result = []
for it in iterables:
elem = next(it, sentinel)
if elem is sentinel:
return
result.append(elem)
yield tuple(result)
The left-to-right evaluation order of the iterables is guaranteed. This The left-to-right evaluation order of the iterables is guaranteed. This
makes possible an idiom for clustering a data series into n-length groups makes possible an idiom for clustering a data series into n-length groups
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