Python's zip for combining list and split lists back apart. --- list1=[1, 2, 3] list2=['a', 'b', 'c'] # Combine zipped = list(zip(list1, list2)) print(zipped) # Split unzipped = zip(*zipped) list1_split, list2_split = map(list, unzipped) print(list1_split, list2_split) ---