change the stuff to list of tuples

[Steven Taschuk]

Quoth anson:
>   I have three lists:
>    [1,2,3]
>    ['a','b','c']
>    ['d','e','f']
> 
>   How do I combine the list to become this (in one step if possible)?
> 
>    [(1,'a','d'),(2,'b','e'), (3,'c','f')]   

    >>> a = [1, 2, 3]
    >>> b = ['a', 'b', 'c']
    >>> c = ['d', 'e', 'f']
    >>> zip(a, b, c)
    [(1, 'a', 'd'), (2, 'b', 'e'), (3, 'c', 'f')]

(That's 'zip' as in 'zipper'.)

Also try
    map(None, a, b, c)
Then try both in the case when the lists are of different lengths.

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