this code from the python documentation itself not working!

>>> x = [1, 2, 3]
>>> y = [4, 5, 6]
>>> zipped = zip(x, y)

this code is copied from the python 3 official documentation itself even though it is working for me I am using python 3.5.2 on ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-63-0f18e3fc2836> in <module>()
      6 x = [1, 2, 3]
      7 y = [4, 5, 6]
----> 8 zip(x, y)

TypeError: 'tuple' object is not callable

Your example works for me.

>>> x = [1, 2, 3]
>>> y = [4, 5, 6]
>>> zipped = zip(x, y)
>>> print(zipped)
<zip object at 0xb6ff706c>
>>> print(list(zipped))
[(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)]

I guess you have overridden the builtin function "zip" by setting the global variable "zip".

>>> zip = (7, 8)
>>> zipped = zip(x, y)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'tuple' object is not callable