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*Memos:


itertools has the functions to create iterators.

*more-itertools has more functions by installing with pip install more-itertools.


groupby() can return the iterator which groups the elements of iterable by key one by one to return a set of the key and element one by one as shown below:

*Memos:

  • The 1st argument is iterable(Required-Type:iterable).
  • The 2nd argument is key(Optional-Default:None-Type:callable).
from itertools import groupby v = groupby(iterable=['AB', 'CDE', 'FG', 'H', 'IJK']) v = groupby(iterable=['AB', 'CDE', 'FG', 'H', 'IJK'], key=None) print(v) # <itertools.groupby object at 0x0000026906F60B20>  key, x = next(v) print(key, next(x)) # AB AB  key, x = next(v) print(key, next(x)) # CDE CDE  key, x = next(v) print(key, next(x)) # FG FG  key, x = next(v) print(key, next(x)) # H H  key, x = next(v) print(key, next(x)) # IJK IJK  key, x = next(v) # StopIteration: 
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from itertools import groupby for key, x in groupby(iterable=['AB', 'CDE', 'FG', 'H', 'IJK']): print(key, next(x)) # AB AB # CDE CDE # FG FG # H H # IJK IJK 
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from itertools import groupby for key, x in groupby(iterable=['AB', 'CDE', 'FG', 'H', 'IJK'], key=len): print(key, next(x)) # 2 AB # 3 CDE # 2 FG # 1 H # 3 IJK 
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from itertools import groupby d = {} for key, x in groupby(iterable=['AB', 'CDE', 'FG', 'H', 'IJK'], key=len): if not key in d: d.update({key:[]}) d[key].append(next(x)) print(d) # {2: ['AB', 'FG'], 3: ['CDE', 'IJK'], 1: ['H']} 
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islice() can return the iterator which returns the selected elements of iterable one by one as shown below:

*Memos:

  • The 1st argument is iterable(Required-Type:iterable).
  • The 2nd argument is start(Required-Type:int): *Memos:
    • It must be 0 <= x.
    • If it's None or not set, it's 0.
  • The 2nd(Required) or 3rd(Optional) argument is stop(Type:int): *Memos:
    • It must be 0 <= x.
    • If it's None or not set, iterable can be read to the end.
  • The 4th argument is step(Optional-Type:int): *Memos:
    • It must be 1 <= x.
    • If it's None or not set, it's 1.
  • Only if two arguments are set, the 2nd argument is stop.
from itertools import islice v = islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 9) v = islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 20) v = islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], None) v = islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 0, 9) v = islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 0, 20) v = islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], None, None) v = islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 0, 9, 1) v = islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 0, 20, 1) v = islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], None, None, None) print(v) # <itertools.islice object at 0x0000026906E7BD30>  print(next(v)) # -4 print(next(v)) # -3 print(next(v)) # -2 print(next(v)) # -1 print(next(v)) # 0 print(next(v)) # 1 print(next(v)) # 2 print(next(v)) # 3 print(next(v)) # 4 print(next(v)) # StopIteration: 
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from itertools import islice for x in islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 4): # for x in islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 0, 4): # for x in islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 0, 4, 1):  print(x) # -4 # -3 # -2 # -1 
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from itertools import islice for x in islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 3, 7): # for x in islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 3, 7, 1):  print(x) # -1 # 0 # 1 # 2 
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from itertools import islice for x in islice([-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4], 1, 8, 2): print(x) # -3 # -1 # 1 # 3 
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