Yingjie Lin <yingjie....@mssm.edu> 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.
Depending on your needs, we can offer you three solutions:
For our customers who want it all at once, but without any unneccessary
waste, the list expression:
[a + b for a, b in itertools.product(li1, li2)]
or if you don't need the whole list at once (especially interesting for
our customers with large lists), the generator expression (genexp):
(a + b for a, b in itertools.product(li1, li2))
and if you don't like the throwaway genexp and want something more
ecofriedly, we can present you a memory efficient, reusable solution, the
generator:
def combiner(li1, li2):
for a, b in itertools.product(li1, li2):
yield a + b
;)
HTH, Marc
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