Combining Iterables with Fillvalues

The function is used to combine multiple iterable objects into a list. If the iterable objects have different lengths, fillvalue is used to fill up to the length of the shortest iterable.

Technology Stack : itertools

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=None):
    """
    Like zip(), but the output list is extended with fillvalues if the iterables are of uneven length.
    """
    from itertools import zip_longest
    return list(zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue))