Iterating Over Multiple Iterables with Fillvalue

This function is used to merge multiple iterable objects into a single iterator. It stops when the shortest iterable is exhausted, filling the remaining positions with a specified fill value.

Technology Stack : itertools

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=None):
    # This function will return an iterator that aggregates elements from each of the iterables.
    # It will stop when the shortest iterable is exhausted, filling the gaps with a specified fillvalue.

    # Importing from the built-in module 'itertools'
    from itertools import zip_longest

    return zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue)