Python | Merge two lists into list of tuples
Given two lists, write a Python program to merge the two lists into list of tuples.
Examples:
Input : list1 = [1, 2, 3]
list2 = ['a', 'b', 'c']
Output : [(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]
Input : list1 = [1, 2, 3, 4]
list2 = [ 1, 4, 9]
Output : [(1, 1), (2, 4), (3, 9), (4, '')]
Approach #1 : Naive
Merge both the list into a list of tuple using a for loop. But the drawback is given two lists need to be of the same length.
def merge(list1, list2): merged_list = [(list1[i], list2[i]) for i in range(0, len(list1))] return merged_list # Driver codelist1 = [1, 2, 3]list2 = ['a', 'b', 'c']print(merge(list1, list2)) |
Output:
[(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]
Approach #2 : Naive but more efficient
This method remove the above given drawback and work well with uneven lengths of the two lists. It also provide try catch error for Index error.
def merge(list1, list2): merged_list = [] for i in range(max((len(list1), len(list2)))): while True: try: tup = (list1[i], list2[i]) except IndexError: if len(list1) > len(list2): list2.append('') tup = (list1[i], list2[i]) elif len(list1) < len(list2): list1.append('') tup = (list1[i], list2[i]) continue merged_list.append(tup) break return merged_list # Driver codelist1 = [1, 2, 3]list2 = ['a', 'b', 'c']print(merge(list1, list2)) |
Output:
[(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]
Approach #3 : Using zip()
using zip() method to merge the two list elements and then typecasting into tuple.
def merge(list1, list2): merged_list = tuple(zip(list1, list2)) return merged_list # Driver codelist1 = [1, 2, 3]list2 = ['a', 'b', 'c']print(merge(list1, list2)) |
Output:
((1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c'))
Approach #4 : Using enumerate(), alternative to zip().
This method uses two for loops to enumerate through lists and merge the two lists.
def merge(list1, list2): merged_list = [(p1, p2) for idx1, p1 in enumerate(list1) for idx2, p2 in enumerate(list2) if idx1 == idx2] return merged_list # Driver codelist1 = [1, 2, 3]list2 = ['a', 'b', 'c']print(merge(list1, list2)) |
Output:
[(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]
Approach #5: Using map() and lambda.
# Using map() and lambdadef listOfTuples(l1, l2): return list(map(lambda x, y:(x,y), l1, l2)) # Driver Codelist1 = [1, 2, 3]list2 = ['a', 'b', 'c'] print(listOfTuples(list1, list2)) |
Output:
[(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')]
Last Updated on March 17, 2022 by admin