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Python: Interleave two given list into another list randomly using map function

Python map: Exercise-14 with Solution

Write a Python program to interleave two given list into another list randomly using map() function.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

import random
def randomly_interleave(nums1, nums2):
    result =  list(map(next, random.sample([iter(nums1)]*len(nums1) + [iter(nums2)]*len(nums2), len(nums1)+len(nums2))))
    return result
nums1 = [1,2,7,8,3,7]
nums2 = [4,3,8,9,4,3,8,9]
print("Original lists:") 
print(nums1)
print(nums2)
print("\nInterleave two given list into another list randomly:")
print(randomly_interleave(nums1, nums2))

Sample Output:

Original lists:
[1, 2, 7, 8, 3, 7]
[4, 3, 8, 9, 4, 3, 8, 9]

Interleave two given list into another list randomly:
[4, 3, 8, 9, 1, 2, 4, 3, 7, 8, 3, 7, 8, 9]

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Chunks a list into smaller lists of a specified size

Example:

from math import ceil

def tips_chunk(lst, size):
  return list(
    map(lambda x: lst[x * size:x * size + size],
      list(range(0, ceil(len(lst) / size)))))

print(tips_chunk([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], 3))

Output:

[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]