["python","iterator"]
How does zip(*[iter(s)]*n) work in Python?

s = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9] n = 3 list(zip(*[iter(s)]*n)) # returns [(1,2,3),(4,5,6),(7,8,9)] How does zip(*[iter(s)]*n) work? What would it look like if it was written with more verbose code? This is a technique used for splitting a list into chunks of equal size - see that question for a general overview of the problem.
iter() is an iterator over a sequence. [x] * n produces a list containing n quantity of x, i.e. a list of length n, where each element is x. *arg unpacks a sequence into arguments for a function call. Therefore you're passing the same iterator 3 times to zip(), and it pulls an item from the iterator each time. x = iter([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]) print(list(zip(x, x, x)))