Loop over 2 lists, repeating the shortest until end of longest [duplicate]

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Assuming la is longer than lb:

>>> import itertools
>>> [x+'_'+y for x,y in zip(la, itertools.cycle(lb))]
['a1_b1', 'a2_b2', 'a3_b1', 'a4_b2']

  • itertools.cycle(lb) returns a cyclic iterator for the elements in lb.

  • zip(...) returns a list of tuples in which each element corresponds to an element in la coupled with the matching element in the iterator.

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