Enhanced Zip Function with Fill Values

This function is similar to the built-in zip function, but it determines the length of the output tuple based on the shortest input sequence and fills in missing values with fillvalue.

Technology Stack : itertools

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=()):
    """
    Like zip() but the shortest input sequence determines the length of the output
    tuple, with missing values filled-in with fillvalue.
    """
    from itertools import zip_longest as _zip_longest

    return _zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue)