What does this "*" make in a zip funktion

[Draxl_Andreas]

Hello,

What does the “*” do?

list = IN[0]
OUT = zip(*list)

KR

Andreas

[Nick_Boyts]

A little Googling might clear this up but it essentially allows list comprehension to or from merged lists.

For example:
If a function requires 3 inputs (myFunction(a,b,c)) you would typically define those 3 inputs and pass them as individual arguments to the function. If you have those arguments already contained in a single list (myList = [a,b,c]) then you can use a star operator to force list comprehension from that list (myFunction(*myList)).