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Re: how to separate a list into two lists?

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On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 7:21 PM, bud <only@fleshwound.org> wrote:
> Nice. :)  I forgot about zip, still learning Python myself.
>
> I'll have to check up on the *L - is that a reference?
> I

It expands the list into the arguments. It's the parallel to:

def func(*args):

which collapses the args into a list.

ChrisA

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Re: how to separate a list into two lists? Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2011-08-06 10:24 -0700
  Re: how to separate a list into two lists? bud <only@fleshwound.org> - 2011-08-06 18:21 +0000
    Re: how to separate a list into two lists? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-08-06 19:35 +0100
    Re: how to separate a list into two lists? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-08-07 10:13 +1000

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