>-----Original Message----- >From: Tutor [mailto:tutor-bounces+crk=godblessthe...@python.org] On >Behalf Of Ben Finney >Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 8:25 PM >To: tutor@python.org >Subject: Re: [Tutor] don't understand iteration > >"Clayton Kirkwood" <c...@godblessthe.us> writes: > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: Tutor [mailto:tutor-bounces+crk=godblessthe...@python.org] On >> >Behalf Of Dave Angel > >(Clayton, does your mail client not present messages written by their >authors? The messages should not come to you “From:” the tutor list >itself. It's awkward to follow whom you're quoting.)
I think it does, I am replying to your email just as stated in the above indented header. > >> >(month, day, time, ap, offset) = blah.group( *list (range (1, 6))) >> > >> >Should do it. > >> Where did you find that one? > >Working through the Python Tutorial (actually doing the examples, and >working to understand them before moving on) teaches these and other >Python concepts <URL:https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/>. Actually Ben, I do turn to the documentation first and foremost, and only after hours of trying things and their variations do I grovel and come here. > >> What does the '*' do/why? > >Learn about sequence unpacking in function parameters at the Tutorial ><URL:https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#tut-unpacking- >arguments>. As I said above. > >> And why the weird range thing? > >Learn about the ‘range’ built-in at the Python library reference ><URL:https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#func-range>. > >-- > \ “I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms | > `\ from the statues that are in all the other museums.” —Steven | >_o__) Wright | >Ben Finney > >_______________________________________________ >Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
