Python Zip Exercises

Let’s check out some exercises that will help understand zip() function better.

Exercise 12-a: Merging 2 Lists with Zip Function

Using zip() function and list() function, create a merged list of tuples from the two lists given.

Hint 1

zip(a, b) can be used to merge two lists together and it returns a list of tuples.

Hint 2

list() function can be used to create lists from iterators that’s created by functions such as range, map, zip, filter…

Solution

lst3 = list(zip(lst1, lst2))

Exercise 12-b: Merging a List and a Range with Zip Function

First create a range from 1 to 8. Then using zip, merge the given list and the range together to create a new list of tuples.

Hint 1

range(1,8) will give you the range you need.

Hint 2

list() function can be used to create lists from iterators that’s created by functions such as range, map, zip, filter…

Solution

rng1 = list(range(1,8))
lst = zip(lst1, rng1)

Exercise 12-c: Creating a Dictionary by Merging 2 Lists Using Zip Function

Using zip and dict functions create a dictionary which has its key-value pairs coming from lst1 and lst2.

Hint 1

You can use Python’s built-in zip function and put it inside dict function to create a dictionary.

dict(zip())

Hint 2

zip(lst1, lst2) will create tuples from lst1 and lst2.

Solution

dict(zip(lst1,lst2))

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