Standard - Merge even & uneven lists

Standard - Merge even & uneven lists.py

from itertools import izip_longest
names = ['Karl','Savannah', 'Harvey', 'Scarlett']
letters = [len(n) for n in names]

print " ---  merge even lists ---"
for name, count in izip_longest(names, letters):
    print "Name '{0}' has {1} letters".format(name, count)


print " ---  merge uneven lists ---"
names.append('lenin')
for name, count in izip_longest(names, letters):
    print "Name '{0}' has {1} letters".format(name, count)