# Iterator.zipKeyed() — Description

> The Iterator.zipKeyed() function behaves like {{jsxref("Iterator.zip()")}}; the only difference is that you can specify the keys used in the resulting objects, while Iterator.zip() always uses numeric indices (by yielding arrays).

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The Iterator.zipKeyed() function behaves like {{jsxref("Iterator.zip()")}}; the only difference is that you can specify the keys used in the resulting objects, while Iterator.zip() always uses numeric indices (by yielding arrays).

If we represent iterables as arrays, the input may looks like this

The resulting iterator, regardless of the options, will start by yielding the following arrays

After the first three objects are yielded, the input iterable b is exhausted on the fourth next() call—it returns { done: true }. What happens next depends on the mode option. If mode is "shortest" (the default), the resulting iterator stops here: the other two input iterators are closed. If mode is "strict", an error is thrown because the other two iterables are _not_ finished when the second one yields the result { done: true }. If mode is "longest", the resulting iterator continues yielding objects, filling missing values. For example, if padding is not provided, it defaults to undefined

If padding is provided as an object, it may look like { a: p1, b: p2, c: p3 }. Then p2 is used to fill the missing value from the input iterable b, and p1 is used to fill the missing value from the input iterable a

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