From: dblack@...
Date: 2002-11-15T05:06:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby equivalent to Python's map()?

Hi--

On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Phil Tomson wrote:

> >a = [1,2,3]
> >b = [4,5,6]
> >map(None, a, b) --> [[1,4],[2,5],[3,6]]
> >
>
> Hmmm... this seems to be what the proposed 'zip' method on Array would do.
> It's not included yet, but apparently has been approved.
>
> I'm not sure that 'zip' is the best name, though...

I think zip is the traditional name for this function in functional
languages.


David

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