python: combine 2 ordered lists into list of tuples

Question

I have 2 lists that I want to combine into a single list of tuples, so that order is maintained and the result[i] is (first[i], second[i]). Assume

Answer 1

Python has a function for that:

>>> zip(first, second)
[(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)]

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