In Python, the zip() func on is used to combine two or more iterables (like lists or tuples) element-
wise into tuples. It returns an iterator of tuples, where each tuple contains one element from each of
the iterables.
Syntax:
python
Copy code
zip(*iterables)
Example:
python
Copy code
list1 = [1, 2, 3]
list2 = ['a', 'b', 'c']
zipped = zip(list1, list2)
print(list(zipped))
Output:
css
Copy code
[(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]
The zip() func on stops when the shortest input iterable is exhausted.
Unzipping:
You can also "unzip" a zipped list of tuples using * operator:
python
Copy code
zipped = [(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]
unzipped = zip(*zipped)
list1, list2 = list(unzipped)
print(list1) # (1, 2, 3)
print(list2) # ('a', 'b', 'c')
4o
You said:
What about the one list is having higher length then the another one
ChatGPT said:
ChatGPT
When the lists have different lengths, the zip() func on stops when the shortest iterable is
exhausted. It doesn't fill in or extend the shorter list; it just pairs up elements up to the length of the
shortest iterable and ignores the remaining elements in the longer ones.
Example:
python
Copy code
list1 = [1, 2, 3, 4]
list2 = ['a', 'b']
zipped = zip(list1, list2)
print(list(zipped))
Output:
css
Copy code
[(1, 'a'), (2, 'b')]
In this case, since list2 has only 2 elements, zip() stops a er pairing the first 2 elements, ignoring the
remaining elements in list1.
Handling Different Lengths:
If you want to handle the situa on where lists have different lengths (for example, filling missing
values), you can use itertools.zip_longest() from the itertools module, which allows specifying a fill
value for shorter lists.
Example with zip_longest:
python
Copy code
from itertools import zip_longest
list1 = [1, 2, 3, 4]
list2 = ['a', 'b']
zipped = zip_longest(list1, list2, fillvalue='NA')
print(list(zipped))
Output:
