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zip() with tuples

iteration

zip() works with tuples exactly as it does with lists. It returns an iterator of tuples.

Syntax

zip(t1, t2, ...)

zip stops at the shortest argument without a word, so mismatched tuple lengths silently drop the tail; since Python 3.10 you can pass strict=True to turn that into a ValueError instead. The result is lazy and single-use: once you have consumed it with list() or a for loop, iterating the same zip object again yields nothing.

Examples

t1 = (1, 2, 3)
t2 = ('a', 'b', 'c')
print(list(zip(t1, t2)))  # → [(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]
print(tuple(zip(t1, t2)))  # → ((1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c'))

for x, y in zip((1, 2, 3), ('a', 'b', 'c')):
    print(x, y)  # → 1 a / 2 b / 3 c

keys = ('a', 'b', 'c')
vals = (1, 2, 3)
print(dict(zip(keys, vals)))  # → {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3}

zip() with tuples

Syntax

Examples

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