from itertools import cycle, islice
def roundrobin(*iterables):
"""roundrobin('ABC', 'D', 'EF') --> A D E B F C"""
pending = len(iterables)
nexts = cycle(iter(it).next for it in iterables)
while pending:
try:
for next in nexts:
yield next()
except StopIteration:
pending -= 1
nexts = cycle(islice(nexts, pending))