Iteration over two sequences

[Terry Reedy]

"It's me" <itsme at yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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>I tried this and I got:
> [(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]
> But if I change:
> a=[1,2]
> I got:
> [(1, 'c')]
> Why is that?  I thought I should be getting:
> [(1, 'a'),(2,'b')]
> ?????

Cut and paste the actual input and output for an interactive session with a 
freshly started interpreter and perhaps we can answer for sure.

Terry J. Reedy