In this code snippet we’ll show examples to merge multiple python lists into a multi-dimensional list.

Merges multiple python lists into a multi-dimensional list

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def merge(*args, fill_value = None):
max_length = max([len(lst) for lst in args])
result = []
for i in range(max_length):
result.append([
args[k][i] if i < len(args[k]) else fill_value for k in range(len(args))
])
return result
merge(['a', 'b'], [1, 2], [True, False]) # [['a', 1, True], ['b', 2, False]]
merge(['a'], [1, 2], [True, False]) # [['a', 1, True], [None, 2, False]]
merge(['a'], [1, 2], [True, False], fill_value = '_')
# [['a', 1, True], ['_', 2, False]]
def merge(*args, fill_value = None): max_length = max([len(lst) for lst in args]) result = [] for i in range(max_length): result.append([ args[k][i] if i < len(args[k]) else fill_value for k in range(len(args)) ]) return result merge(['a', 'b'], [1, 2], [True, False]) # [['a', 1, True], ['b', 2, False]] merge(['a'], [1, 2], [True, False]) # [['a', 1, True], [None, 2, False]] merge(['a'], [1, 2], [True, False], fill_value = '_') # [['a', 1, True], ['_', 2, False]]
def merge(*args, fill_value = None):
  max_length = max([len(lst) for lst in args])
  result = []
  for i in range(max_length):
    result.append([
      args[k][i] if i < len(args[k]) else fill_value for k in range(len(args))
    ])
  return result
merge(['a', 'b'], [1, 2], [True, False]) # [['a', 1, True], ['b', 2, False]]
merge(['a'], [1, 2], [True, False]) # [['a', 1, True], [None, 2, False]]
merge(['a'], [1, 2], [True, False], fill_value = '_')
# [['a', 1, True], ['_', 2, False]]

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Tags: Python, Python List, List, Multi-dimensional List, Merge, Args, for, Max_length, Def, Method, Function