Type 1:
from itertools import tee
def pairwise(iterable):
"s -> (s0,s1), (s1,s2), (s2, s3), ..."
a, b = tee(iterable)
next(b, None)
return zip(a, b)
Type 2:
def pairwise(iterable):
"s -> (s0, s1), (s2, s3), (s4, s5), ..."
a = iter(iterable)
return zip(a, a)