zip list with different length

[Alexander Schmolck]

s99999999s2003 at yahoo.com writes:

C> hi
> suppose i have 2 lists, a, b then have different number of elements,
> say len(a) = 5, len(b) = 3
> >>> a = range(5)
> >>> b = range(3)
> >>> zip(b,a)
> [(0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 2)]
> >>> zip(a,b)
> [(0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 2)]
> 
> I want the results to be
> [(0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 2) , (3) , (4) ]
> can it be done?

map(lambda *t: filter(lambda x: x is not None,t),a,b)

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