intertools python combinations code example

Example 1: python combinations function

def combinations(iterable, r):
    pool = tuple(iterable)
    n = len(pool)
    for indices in permutations(range(n), r):
        if sorted(indices) == list(indices):
            yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices)

Example 2: itertools.zip_longest fill value

from itertools import zip_longest

chars = []
correct = 'hangman'
guess = 'winger'
for c, g in zip_longest(correct, guess, fillvalue='_'):
    if c == g:
        chars.append(c)
    else:
        chars.append('_')

print(chars)
# ['_', '_', 'n', 'g', '_', '_', '_']

word = ''.join(chars)
print(word)
# __ng___