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On 20/10/2014 21:23, Seymore4Head wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:58:46 -0600, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Seymore4Head
>> <Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid> wrote:
>>> For starters I would like to know if you can make a single item list
>>> and then turn it into a 2 item list.  Is there a command for that?
>>
>> You mean like this?
>>
>>>>> the_list = ['first_item']
>>>>> the_list.append('second_item')
>>>>> the_list
>> ['first_item', 'second_item']
>
>
> a=(1,2,3)
> b=("Red", "Green", "Blue")
> c=("a"."b,"c")
>
> d=(1,red,a 2,green,b 3,blue,c)
>
> Something like that.
>

https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#zip

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