I was recently doing some Python programming, and had to compute all possible combinations of items from two separate lists. At first, I thought, I'll just do it this way:
list1 = ['a', 'b', 'c']
list2 = ['x', 'y', 'z']
for i in list1:
for j in list2:
print i, j
a x a y a z b x b y b z c x c y c z
However, my loop body was something that was a little more complicated than a print, and couldn't be done well inside of a loop like that. And besides - this is Python we're talking about. Surely there is a better way!
Well, there is - and don't call me Shirley. Details coming up after the break!
