Combining Iterables with FillValue Padding

This function combines multiple iterable objects into a single iterable, padding with fillvalue if the iterables are of unequal length.

Technology Stack : itertools

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=()):
    """Combine several iterables into a single iterable with padding."""
    from itertools import zip_longest as it_zip_longest

    def my_zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=()):
        iterator = it_zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue)
        for item in iterator:
            yield item

    return my_zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue)