Python zip() Function

Python zip() Function

The zip() function makes an iterator that aggregates elements from each of the iterables and returns an iterator of tuples.

Syntax

zip(*iterables)

Parameter

iterables: Iterator objects that will be joined together

Return

This function returns an iterator of tuples, where the i-th tuple contains the i-th element from each of the argument sequences or iterables.

Example 1

 # Python program explaining
 # the zip() function 
 # initializing lists 
 name = [ "Reema", "Meehu", "Manvi", "Rani" ] 
 id_no = [ 164, 121, 323, 212 ] 
 marks = [ 40, 50, 60, 70 ] 
 # using zip() function to map values 
 mapped = zip(name, id_no, marks) 
 # converting values to print as set 
 mapped = set(mapped) 
 # printing the resultant values  
 print ("The zipped result is : ",end="") 
 print (mapped) 

Output

The zipped result is : {('Meehu', 121, 50), ('Reema', 164, 40), ('Rani', 212, 70), ('Manvi', 323, 60)}

Example 2

 # Python program explaining
 # the zip() function 
 str1 = ("Reema", "Sukla","Varun")
 str2 = ("Anjali","Amar", "Monica")
 zip_val = zip(str1, str2)
 #use the tuple() function to display a readable version of the result:
 print(tuple(zip_val)) 

Output

(('Reema', 'Anjali'), ('Sukla', 'Amar'), ('Varun', 'Monica'))