zip 2 sequences into 1

[Neal Becker]

What's an easy/efficient way to zip together 2 (or more) sequences into a
single sequence?

I noticed zip builtin. This combines

a_0 ... a_n
b_0 ... b_n

into

(a_0 b_0)(a_1 b_1)...

What I want is a single sequence

a_0 b_0 a_1 b_1...

[George Yoshida]

Re: zip 2 sequences into 1

Neal Becker wrote:[color=blue]
> What's an easy/efficient way to zip together 2 (or more) sequences into a
> single sequence?
>[/color]
How about

itertools.chain (*zip(seq1, seq2, seq3, ...))

For example:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> a = 'abcde'
>>> b = range(5)
>>> c = 'python'
>>> from itertools import chain
>>> list(chain(*zip (a,b,c)))[/color][/color][/color]
['a', 0, 'p', 'b', 1, 'y', 'c', 2, 't', 'd', 3, 'h', 'e', 4, 'o']

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George