List mapping?

[Remco Gerlich]

Nick Trout wrote in comp.lang.python:
> while i < len(listargs):
>     tuplist.append( (listargs[i],listargs[i+1]) )
>     i = i+2

> Can I (you!) get rid of the long winded while loop cleverly?!!  :-)

That isn't long winded, in my opinion. And not hard to read.

But

for i in range(0, len(listargs), 2):
   ...
   
Is one line shorter. I don't think there's a builtin function for making a
list into tuples like that.

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Remco Gerlich,  scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl
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