How do I merge two python iterators?

Question

I have two iterators, a list and an itertools.count object (i.e. an infinite value generator). I would like to merge these two into a resulting ite

Answer 1

I'm not sure what your application is, but you might find the enumerate() function more useful.

>>> items = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
>>> for i, item in enumerate(items):
...  print item
...  print i
... 
foo
0
bar
1
baz
2