I have a list of 2-item tuples and I'd like to convert them to 2 lists where the first contains the first item in each tuple and the second list holds the second item.
For example:
original = [('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3), ('d', 4)]
# and I want to become...
result = (['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], [1, 2, 3, 4])
Is there a builtin function that does that?
See also: Transpose list of lists if the specific choice of lists vs. tuples in the result matters. Most answers here assume it doesn't.