>>> a, b = [1,2,3], [4,5,6]
>>> c = zip(a,b)
>>> c
[(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)]
>>> d = zip(*c)
>>> d
[(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6)]
>>>
>>> a, b = [1,2,3], [4,5,6]
>>> c = zip(a,b)
>>> c
[(1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6)]
>>> d = zip(*c)
>>> d
[(1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 6)]
>>>