Python program to split a list into two lists with alternating elements

Question

Can you make it more simple/elegant?

def zigzag(seq):
    \"\"\"Return two sequences with alternating elements from `seq`\"\"\"
    x, y = [], []
    p, q =          


        

Answer 1

This takes an iterator and returns two iterators:

import itertools
def zigzag(seq):
    t1,t2 = itertools.tee(seq)
    even = itertools.islice(t1,0,None,2)
    odd = itertools.islice(t2,1,None,2)
    return even,odd

If you prefer lists then you can return list(even),list(odd).