>>> help(zip)

Help on built-in function zip in module __builtin__:

zip(...)

    zip(seq1 [, seq2 [...]]) -> [(seq1[0], seq2[0] ...), (...)]

    Return a list of tuples, where each tuple contains the i-th element

    from each of the argument sequences.  The returned list is truncated

    in length to the length of the shortest argument sequence.

>>> list_1 = ['name', 'age']

>>> list_2 = ['wang', 23]

>>> zip(list_1, list_2)

[('name', 'wang'), ('age', 23)]

>>> dict(zip(list_1, list_2))

{'age': 23, 'name': 'wang'}

>>> list_3

{'age': 23, 'name': 'wang'}

>>> list_1 = ['name', 'age']

>>> list_2 = ['wang', 23]

>>> list_3 = zip(list_1, list_2)

>>> list_3

[('name', 'wang'), ('age', 23)]

>>> l1, l2 = zip(*list_3)

>>> list_1 == list(l1)

True

>>> type(l1)

<type 'tuple'>

>>> list_2 == l2

False

>>> list_2 == list(l2)

True

>>> zip(list_1)

[('name',), ('age',)]

>>> zip(list_1, list_2, l1)

[('name', 'wang', 'name'), ('age', 23, 'age')]