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Title: Error in section 4.2 of Python Tutorial
Type: Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: not a bug
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Assigned To: Nosy List: andrina, rhettinger
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Created on 2005-05-03 04:02 by andrina, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg25214 - (view) Author: Andrina Kelly (andrina) Date: 2005-05-03 04:02 
The example in section 4.2 of the on-line tutorial should read as 
follows:

>>> # Measure some strings:
... a = ['cat', 'window', 'defenestrate']
>>> for x in a:
...     print x, len(a)
... 
cat 3
window 6
defenestrate 12

currently the print line has len(x)
msg25215 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-05-04 13:34 
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Sorry, this is correct as is.

I'm not sure why you would think that len(a) is appropriate.
 That would give the length of the list which is always
equal to three.
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2022-04-11 14:56:11adminsetgithub: 41940
2005-05-03 04:02:15andrinacreate