Python iterate over two lists simultaneously [dupl

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Is there a way in python to forloop over two or more lists simultaneously?

Something like

a = [1,2,3]
b = [4,5,6]
for x,y in a,b:
    print x,y

to output

1 4
2 5
3 6

I know that I can do it with tuples like

l = [(1,4), (2,5), (3,6)]
for x,y in l:
    print x,y

Answer 1

You can use the zip() function to pair up lists:

for x, y in zip(a, b):

Demo:

>>> a = [1,2,3]
>>> b = [4,5,6]
>>> for x, y in zip(a, b):
...     print x, y
... 
1 4
2 5
3 6