Yingjie Lin wrote: > Hi Python users, > > I have two lists: > > li1 = ['a', 'b'] > li2 = ['1', '2'] > > and I wish to obtain a list like this > > li3 = ['a1', 'a2', 'b1', 'b2'] > > Is there a handy and efficient function to do this, especially when li1 > and li2 are long lists. > I found zip() but it only gives [('a', '1'), ('b', '2')], not exactly > what I am looking for. > > Thank you. > > > - Yingjie
Hello Yingjie, This isn't exactly handy, but... >>> import itertools >>> a = ('a', 'b') >>> b = (1, 2) >>> [x + str(y) for (x, y) in itertools.product(*(a, b))] ['a1', 'a2', 'b1', 'b2'] Cheers, Kev -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list