Combining Iterables with Optional Fill Values

The function is used to combine multiple iterable objects into tuples. If the iterable objects are of unequal lengths, the missing parts can be filled with a specified value.

Technology Stack : itertools

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_longest(*iterables, fillvalue=None):
    "zip(*iterables) -> zip object whose items are tuples of the input iterables"
    "If the iterables are of uneven length, missing values are filled-in with fillvalue"
    "from the right."
    # Using 'itertools.zip_longest' from the itertools module
    from itertools import zip_longest
    return zip_longest(*iterables, fillvalue=fillvalue)