title: In Python what type of object does *zip(list1, list2) return?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
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  <pre><code>x = [1, 2, 3]
  y = [4, 5, 6]
  zipped = zip(x, y)
  list(zipped)
  
  x2, y2 = zip(*zip(x, y))
  x == list(x2) and y == list(y2)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What type of object does <code>*zip(x, y)</code> return?  Why</p>
  
  <pre><code>res = *zip(x, y)
  print(res)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>doesn't work?</p>