Multiple tuples for one for statement

[Harlin Seritt]

I have three tuples of the same size: tup1, tup2, tup3

I'd like to do something like this:

for a,b,c in tup1, tup2, tup3:
print a
print b
print c

Of course, you get an error when you try to run the pseudocode above.
What is the correct way to get this done?

Thanks,

Harlin

[James Stroud]

for a,b,c in zip(tup1, tup2, tup3):
print a
print b
print c
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[Steven Bethard]

Harlin Seritt wrote:

I have three tuples of the same size: tup1, tup2, tup3

I'd like to do something like this:

for a,b,c in tup1, tup2, tup3:
print a
print b
print c

Of course, you get an error when you try to run the pseudocode above.
What is the correct way to get this done?

for a, b, c in zip(tup1, tup2, tup3):
print a
print b
print c

If your tuples become iterators, look into itertools.izip.

STeVe

[Kent Johnson]

Harlin Seritt wrote:

I have three tuples of the same size: tup1, tup2, tup3

I'd like to do something like this:

for a,b,c in tup1, tup2, tup3:
print a
print b
print c

Presuming that you want a,b,c to be corresponding entries from the three tuples, then zip() is your
friend:
for a,b,c in zip(tup1, tup2, tup3):
...

Kent

[Harlin Seritt]

Thank you Mr. Stroud.

[Daniel Cer]

Harlin Seritt wrote:

I have three tuples of the same size: tup1, tup2, tup3

I'd like to do something like this:

for a,b,c in tup1, tup2, tup3:
print a
print b
print c

Of course, you get an error when you try to run the pseudocode above.
What is the correct way to get this done?

For something like this, you can use izip from itertools to package
things up.

e.g. a working version of the code you posted using izip would be:

import itertools

tup1 = (1, 2, 3)
tup2 = (4, 5, 6)
tup3 = (7, 8, 9)

for a,b,c in itertools.izip(tup1, tup2, tup3):
print "a: %d b: %d c: %d" % (a, b, c)

This outputs:

a: 1 b: 4 c: 7
a: 2 b: 5 c: 8
a: 3 b: 6 c: 9

-Dan

[R. C. James Harlow]

On Monday 25 April 2005 04:20, James Stroud wrote:

for a,b,c in zip(tup1, tup2, tup3):
print a
print b
print c

or just:

for a,b,c in (tup1, tup2, tup3):
print a
print b
print c

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[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

"R. C. James Harlow" wrote:

or just:

for a,b,c in (tup1, tup2, tup3):
print a
print b
print c

And this works in Python version???

Metta,
Ivan
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Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours

[R. C. James Harlow]

On Monday 25 April 2005 14:34, Ivan Van Laningham wrote:

Hi All--

"R. C. James Harlow" wrote:

or just:

for a,b,c in (tup1, tup2, tup3):
print a
print b
print c

And this works in Python version???

Ah, reading the replies to the original post, this works but doesn't give the
result that the original poster wanted.

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[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

"R. C. James Harlow" wrote:

On Monday 25 April 2005 14:34, Ivan Van Laningham wrote:

Hi All--

"R. C. James Harlow" wrote:

or just:

for a,b,c in (tup1, tup2, tup3):
print a
print b
print c

And this works in Python version???

Ah, reading the replies to the original post, this works but doesn't give the
result that the original poster wanted.

Define "works":

a=(1,2,3,4,9,43,256,8,2021)
b=(1,0,3,4,7,999,256,8,2023)
c=(1,7,8,4,9,43,4444,8,2028)

for x,y,z in (a,b,c):
print x,y,z
12 [/c/CDListings][8] python fneeg.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "fneeg.py", line 8, in ?
for x,y,z in a,b,c:
ValueError: too many values to unpack

PyVersion:

Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on
win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

Metta,
Ivan
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Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours

[Peter Hansen]

Ivan Van Laningham wrote:

"R. C. James Harlow" wrote:

On Monday 25 April 2005 14:34, Ivan Van Laningham wrote:

"R. C. James Harlow" wrote:
or just:

for a,b,c in (tup1, tup2, tup3):
print a
print b
print c

And this works in Python version???

Ah, reading the replies to the original post, this works but doesn't give the
result that the original poster wanted.

Define "works":

a = (1,2,3)
b = ('a','b','c')
c = (None, 'foo', 3.14)
tup1 = (1,2,3)
tup2 = ('a','b','c')
tup3 = (None, 'foo', 3.14)
for a,b,c in (tup1,tup2,tup3): .... print a
.... print b
.... print c
....
1
2
3
a
b
c
None
foo
3.14

It's a valid interpretation of the OP's
ambiguously stated requirements, though probably
not the right one.

-Peter

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

Peter Hansen wrote:

Define "works":

>>> a = (1,2,3)
>>> b = ('a','b','c')
>>> c = (None, 'foo', 3.14)
>>> tup1 = (1,2,3)
>>> tup2 = ('a','b','c')
>>> tup3 = (None, 'foo', 3.14)
>>> for a,b,c in (tup1,tup2,tup3): ... print a
... print b
... print c
...
1
2
3
a
b
c
None
foo
3.14 >>>

It's a valid interpretation of the OP's
ambiguously stated requirements, though probably
not the right one.

I can see that now. I had three hours sleep last night and my brain
hurts, so I don't get it. I seek enlightenment.

Metta,
Ivan
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Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70
Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours

[Peter Hansen]

Ivan Van Laningham wrote:

I can see that now. I had three hours sleep last night and my brain
hurts, so I don't get it. I seek enlightenment.

So do I: did you mean you don't even "get" what
my code is doing, or you don't get what the OP
really wanted, or something else?

(My sample works only because I created tuples that
had exactly three items each, of course. It's the
same as your previous code which didn't work, except
for the number of elements in each tuple. I wrote
it just to show that R.C.James's idea was a reasonable,
if probably mistaken, interpretation of the OP's request.)

-Peter

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Peter Hansen wrote:

Ivan Van Laningham wrote:

I can see that now. I had three hours sleep last night and my brain
hurts, so I don't get it. I seek enlightenment.
So do I: did you mean you don't even "get" what
my code is doing...?

Yes. I barely remember my own name right now.

(My sample works only because I created tuples that
had exactly three items each, of course. It's the
same as your previous code which didn't work, except
for the number of elements in each tuple. I wrote
it just to show that R.C.James's idea was a reasonable,
if probably mistaken, interpretation of the OP's request.)

I worked out that the a,b,c must match the length of the tuples. The
fog past that point is too dense.

Metta,
Ivan
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God N Locomotive Works
http://www.andi-holmes.com/
http://www.foretec.com/python/worksh...oceedings.html
Army Signal Corps: Cu Chi, Class of '70
Author: Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours