Zip and Fill: Merging Iterables with Fill Value

This function is used to merge multiple iterable objects (such as lists, tuples, etc.) together. If the length is unequal, it fills in the missing parts with a specified fill value.

Technology Stack : itertools.zip_longest

Code Type : Function

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=None):
    """
    This function zips together multiple iterables (lists, tuples, etc.) and fills in missing values with a specified fill value if the iterables are of unequal length.
    """
    from itertools import zip_longest as it_zip_longest
    return list(it_zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue))