If Enum.zip/2 solves your problem then consider using [head | tail] notation for lists like:

defmodule Example do
  # when done or empty input do nothing returning empty list
  def sample([], []), do: []

  # optional code in case you have more items in one of the list
  # def sample([], _non_empty_list), do: []
  # def sample(_non_empty_list, []), do: []

  # loop using [head | tail] notation together with your code
  def sample([head1 | tail1], [head2 | tail2]) do
    IO.puts(head1)
    IO.puts(head2)
    sample(tail1, tail2)
  end
end

x = ["0001", "0002"]
y = [1, 1]
Example.sample(x, y)

This gave you exactly same result, but … Enum.zip is one loop and for is another one - this means that if you write a bit more code then using just one loop your code would be faster.

Indeed, it depends on the actual use case and what we want to return.

We might also want to reach for Enum.zip_reduce/4 (for an arbitrary accumulator) or Enum.zip_with/3 (if we want to return a list).

Enum.zip_reduce(x, y, :ok, fn x1, y1, _acc ->
  IO.puts(x1)
  IO.puts(y1)
end)