Multiple tuples for one for statement

[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