Error in section 4.2 of Python Tutorial

[andrina]

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[andrina]

The example in section 4.2 of the on-line tutorial should read as
follows:

>>> # Measure some strings:
... a = ['cat', 'window', 'defenestrate']
>>> for x in a:
...     print x, len(a)
... 
cat 3
window 6
defenestrate 12

currently the print line has len(x)

[rhettinger]

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Sorry, this is correct as is.

I'm not sure why you would think that len(a) is appropriate.
That would give the length of the list which is always
equal to three.