<s>
In	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
,	O
zipping	B-Language
is	O
a	O
function	O
which	O
maps	O
a	O
tuple	B-Application
of	O
sequences	O
into	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
tuples	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
name	O
zip	B-Language
derives	O
from	O
the	O
action	O
of	O
a	O
zipper	B-Application
in	O
that	O
it	O
interleaves	O
two	O
formerly	O
disjoint	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
zip	B-Language
of	O
cat	O
,	O
fish	O
,	O
be	O
is	O
then	O
4	O
tuples	B-Application
of	O
elements	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Haskell	B-Language
this	O
truncates	O
to	O
the	O
shortest	O
sequence	O
,	O
where	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
zip	B-Language
of	O
these	O
words	O
is	O
a	O
finite	O
sequence	O
of	O
n-tuples	O
of	O
elements	O
of	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
zip	B-Language
of	O
x	O
,	O
y	O
,	O
z	O
,	O
...	O
is	O
denoted	O
zip( x	O
,	O
y	O
,	O
z	O
,	O
...	O
)	O
or	O
x	O
⋆	O
y	O
⋆	O
z	O
⋆	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inverse	O
to	O
zip	B-Language
is	O
sometimes	O
denoted	O
unzip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
variation	O
of	O
the	O
zip	B-Language
operation	O
is	O
defined	O
by	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Zip	B-Language
functions	O
are	O
often	O
available	O
in	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Lisp-dialects	O
one	O
can	O
simply	O
the	O
desired	O
function	O
over	O
the	O
desired	O
lists	O
,	O
is	O
variadic	B-Language
in	O
Lisp	B-Language
so	O
it	O
can	O
take	O
an	O
arbitrary	O
number	O
of	O
lists	O
as	O
argument	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
from	O
Clojure	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
Languages	O
such	O
as	O
Python	B-Language
provide	O
a	O
function	O
,	O
older	O
version	O
(	O
Python	B-Language
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haskell	B-Language
has	O
a	O
method	O
of	O
zipping	B-Language
sequences	O
but	O
requires	O
a	O
specific	O
function	O
for	O
each	O
arity	O
(	O
for	O
two	O
sequences	O
,	O
for	O
three	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
List	O
of	O
languages	O
by	O
support	O
of	O
zip	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
Zip	B-Language
in	O
various	O
languages	O
Language	O
Zip	B-Language
Zip	B-Language
3	O
lists	O
Zip	B-Language
n	O
lists	O
Notes	O
Chapel	B-Language
The	O
shape	O
of	O
each	O
iterator	O
,	O
the	O
rank	O
and	O
the	O
extents	O
in	O
each	O
dimension	O
,	O
must	O
be	O
identical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clojure	B-Language
Stops	O
after	O
the	O
length	O
of	O
the	O
shortest	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
Stops	O
after	O
the	O
length	O
of	O
the	O
shortest	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
D	B-Application
The	O
stopping	O
policy	O
defaults	O
to	O
shortest	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
optionally	O
provided	O
as	O
shortest	O
,	O
longest	O
,	O
or	O
requiring	O
the	O
same	O
length	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F#	B-Operating_System
Haskell	B-Language
for	O
n	O
>	O
3	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
module	O
Data.List	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python	B-Language
and	O
(	O
3.x	O
)	O
stops	O
after	O
the	O
shortest	O
list	O
ends	O
,	O
whereas	O
(	O
2.x	O
)	O
and	O
(	O
3.x	O
)	O
extends	O
the	O
shorter	O
lists	O
with	O
items	O
Ruby	B-Language
When	O
the	O
list	O
being	O
executed	O
upon	O
(	O
list1	O
)	O
is	O
shorter	O
than	O
the	O
lists	O
being	O
zipped	O
the	O
resulting	O
list	O
is	O
the	O
length	O
of	O
list1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
list1	O
is	O
longer	O
nil	O
values	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
fill	O
the	O
missing	O
values	O
Scala	B-Application
If	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
collections	O
is	O
longer	O
than	O
the	O
other	O
,	O
its	O
remaining	O
elements	O
are	O
ignored	O
.	O
</s>
