python merge two lists (even/odd elements)

Question

Given two lists, I want to merge them so that all elements from the first list are even-indexed (preserving their order) and all elements from second list are odd-indexed (a

Answer 1

It can be done with slicing. Do count and slice in terminal:

>>> list1=['Apple','Mango','Orange']
>>> list2=['One','Two','Three']
>>> list = [None]*(len(list1)+len(list2))
>>> list[::2] = list1
>>> list[1::2] = list2
>>> list

Output:

 ['Apple', 'One', 'Mango', 'Two', 'Orange', 'Three']