Is there a zip-like function that pads to longest length?

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In Python 3 you can use itertools.zip_longest

>>> list(itertools.zip_longest(a, b, c))
[('a1', 'b1', 'c1'), (None, 'b2', 'c2'), (None, 'b3', None)]

You can pad with a different value than None by using the fillvalue parameter:

>>> list(itertools.zip_longest(a, b, c, fillvalue="foo"))
[('a1', 'b1', 'c1'), ('foo', 'b2', 'c2'), ('foo', 'b3', 'foo')]

With Python 2 you can either use itertools.izip_longest (Python 2.6+), or you can use map with None. It is a little known feature of map (but map changed in Python 3.x, so this only works in Python 2.x).

>>> map(None, a, b, c)
[('a1', 'b1', 'c1'), (None, 'b2', 'c2'), (None, 'b3', None)]

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