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New Python implementation by user [sgdpk]
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2019-09-26, 19:01:59

Version 16

2019-09-27, 04:00:54

Idiom #163 Print list elements by group of 2

Print all the list elements, two by two, assuming list length is even.

Idiom #163 Print list elements by group of 2

Print all the list elements, two by two, assuming list length is even.

Imports 
from itertools import tee
Code 
def pairwise(iterable):
    "s -> (s0,s1), (s1,s2), (s2, s3), ..."
    a, b = tee(iterable)
    next(b, None)
    return zip(a, b)

for a, b in pairwise(list):
    print(a, b)
Comments bubble
Official documentation suggestion. Works for any iterable
Doc URL
https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/itertools.html#itertools-recipes
Origin
https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/itertools.html#itertools-recipes