Extended zip() for lists

[gene tani]

Florian Reiser wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have 4 lists: a, b, c and d
> Out of this 4 lists I want to build a table (e.g. list of lists):
>
> a|b|c|d
> ---------------------------
> a1|b1|c1|d1
> a1|b2|    |d2
>
> You see: the lists are not equally sized.
> Is there a command which fills up the shorter lists with blanks?
> Like an enhanced zip() command, maybe?
>

map(None, list1, list2, list3)

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/410687