Extended zip() for lists

[Florian Reiser]

Hello,

I have 4 lists: a, b, c and d
Out of this 4 lists I want to build a table (e.g. list of lists):

a|b|c|d
---------------------------
a1|b1|c1|d1
a1|b2| |d2

You see: the lists are not equally sized.
Is there a command which fills up the shorter lists with blanks?
Like an enhanced zip() command, maybe?

Regards
Florian Reiser

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[gene tani]

Florian Reiser wrote:

Hello,

I have 4 lists: a, b, c and d
Out of this 4 lists I want to build a table (e.g. list of lists):

a|b|c|d
---------------------------
a1|b1|c1|d1
a1|b2| |d2

You see: the lists are not equally sized.
Is there a command which fills up the shorter lists with blanks?
Like an enhanced zip() command, maybe?

map(None, list1, list2, list3)

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Coo.../Recipe/410687

[Fredrik Lundh]

Florian Reiser wrote:

I have 4 lists: a, b, c and d
Out of this 4 lists I want to build a table (e.g. list of lists):

a|b|c|d
---------------------------
a1|b1|c1|d1
a1|b2| |d2

You see: the lists are not equally sized.
Is there a command which fills up the shorter lists with blanks?
Like an enhanced zip() command, maybe?

like map(None, ...), perhaps ?

a = "1234"
b = "12"
c = "123"
d = "1234"
zip(a, b, c, d) [('1', '1', '1', '1'), ('2', '2', '2', '2')] map(None, a, b, c, d)

[('1', '1', '1', '1'), ('2', '2', '2', '2'), ('3', None, '3', '3'),
('4', None, None, '4')]

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[Duncan Booth]

Florian Reiser wrote:

Hello,

I have 4 lists: a, b, c and d
Out of this 4 lists I want to build a table (e.g. list of lists):

a|b|c|d
---------------------------
a1|b1|c1|d1
a1|b2| |d2

You see: the lists are not equally sized.
Is there a command which fills up the shorter lists with blanks?
Like an enhanced zip() command, maybe?

Regards
Florian Reiser

I posted a function to do this back in January. See:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/com...d1541e632adfdd

[Florian Reiser]

Hello Gene,

a big THANKS for this tip. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Regards

Florian Reiser

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Florian Reiser wrote:

Hello,

I have 4 lists: a, b, c and d
Out of this 4 lists I want to build a table (e.g. list of lists):

a|b|c|d
---------------------------
a1|b1|c1|d1
a1|b2| |d2

You see: the lists are not equally sized.
Is there a command which fills up the shorter lists with blanks?
Like an enhanced zip() command, maybe?

map(None, list1, list2, list3)

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Coo.../Recipe/410687