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Python Python Collections (Retired) Tuples Combo

Arjun Amin
Arjun Amin
2,228 Points
Posted by Arjun Amin
Arjun Amin
2,228 Points

Create a function named combo() that takes two iterables and returns a list of tuples. Each tuple should hold the first

Hi Please can someone help me with this because I am not sure of inumerator works and am trying to solve the above problem

zippy.py 
# combo(['swallow', 'snake', 'parrot'], 'abc')
# Output:
# [('swallow', 'a'), ('snake', 'b'), ('parrot', 'c')]
# If you use list.append(), you'll want to pass it a tuple of new values.
# Using enumerate() here can save you a variable or two.

def combo(it1,it2):
  finalList = []
  count = 0
  for index in it1:

    thing = (it1[count],it2[count])
    finalList[count] = thing
    count += 1
    continue
  return finalList

1 Answer

Anish Walawalkar
Anish Walawalkar
8,534 Points
Anish Walawalkar
Anish Walawalkar
8,534 Points

this will solve your problem:

def combo(item1, item2):
    x = []
    for index, item in enumerate(item2):           
        x.append((item1[index], item))
    return x

or you can even do this:

def combo(item1, item2):
    return zip(item1, item2)

Hope this helps