Combining multiple sets of letters in Python

Question

I am trying to figure out how to print all combinations for multiple sets of letters without repeating.

Example: A, B, C and X, Y, Z

Combinations:

AX AY Arizona BX FROM BZ CX CY CZ

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Ethan Barrett 06 Feb '13 at 3:43

2 answers

Makoto · Answer 1 · 2013-02-06T03:47:15+0000

You can use itertools.product

it to get what you want.

from itertools import product
a = ['A', 'B', 'C']
b = ['X', 'Y', 'Z']

for i in product(a, b):
    print ''.join(i)

Explosion pills · Answer 2 · 2013-02-06T03:46:39+0000

You can just loop over both sets:

for a in abcstring:
    for x in xyzstring:
        print a + x