merging lists in python

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Python - merge items of two lists into a list of tuples

There are two lists

x = [1,2,3,4,5]
y = ['a','b','c','d','e']

How can I get the list

z = [(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c'), (4, 'd'), (5, 'e')]

Answer 1

z = zip(x,y)

will do your job.

>>> x = [1,2,3,4,5]
>>> y = ['a','b','c','d','e']
>>> z = zip(x,y)
>>> z
[(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c'), (4, 'd'), (5, 'e')]

Answer 2

Given your input, the builtin function zip(x, y) will provide the output, that you want.

see: http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#zip

Answer 3

x = [1,2,3,4,5]
y = ['a','b','c','d','e']
print zip(x,y)