Ok this is how I do it: l1 = [1,2] l2= ['a','b','c'] res = [] l2 = permute(l2) for i in l2: lis = [l1,l2] res.append(zip(*lis)) # or use map depending on what u want res.append(map(None,*lis))
print res On Aug 26, 11:05 am, Sandy <dksre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I basically want all possible matchings of elements from two lists, > Ex: [1,2] [a,b,c] > > Required: > [ [(1,a),(2,b)] > [(1,b),(2,c)] > [(1,c),(2,b)] > [(1,b),(2,a)] > [(1,c),(2,a)] > [(1,a),(2,c)] > ] > > My thought is to get all possible permutations of two lists given and > select any combination and use zip to get the tuples. Repeat this for > all possible combinations. > > Any other ideas? > Sandy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list