:mod:`itertools` --- Functions creating iterators for efficient looping ======================================================================= .. module:: itertools :synopsis: Functions creating iterators for efficient looping. .. moduleauthor:: Raymond Hettinger .. sectionauthor:: Raymond Hettinger .. testsetup:: from itertools import * import collections import math import operator import random -------------- This module implements a number of :term:`iterator` building blocks inspired by constructs from APL, Haskell, and SML. Each has been recast in a form suitable for Python. The module standardizes a core set of fast, memory efficient tools that are useful by themselves or in combination. Together, they form an "iterator algebra" making it possible to construct specialized tools succinctly and efficiently in pure Python. For instance, SML provides a tabulation tool: ``tabulate(f)`` which produces a sequence ``f(0), f(1), ...``. The same effect can be achieved in Python by combining :func:`map` and :func:`count` to form ``map(f, count())``. These tools and their built-in counterparts also work well with the high-speed functions in the :mod:`operator` module. For example, the multiplication operator can be mapped across two vectors to form an efficient dot-product: ``sum(starmap(operator.mul, zip(vec1, vec2, strict=True)))``. **Infinite iterators:** ================== ================= ================================================= ========================================= Iterator Arguments Results Example ================== ================= ================================================= ========================================= :func:`count` start, [step] start, start+step, start+2*step, ... ``count(10) --> 10 11 12 13 14 ...`` :func:`cycle` p p0, p1, ... plast, p0, p1, ... ``cycle('ABCD') --> A B C D A B C D ...`` :func:`repeat` elem [,n] elem, elem, elem, ... endlessly or up to n times ``repeat(10, 3) --> 10 10 10`` ================== ================= ================================================= ========================================= **Iterators terminating on the shortest input sequence:** ============================ ============================ ================================================= ============================================================= Iterator Arguments Results Example ============================ ============================ ================================================= ============================================================= :func:`accumulate` p [,func] p0, p0+p1, p0+p1+p2, ... ``accumulate([1,2,3,4,5]) --> 1 3 6 10 15`` :func:`batched` p, n (p0, p1, ..., p_n-1), ... ``batched('ABCDEFG', n=3) --> ABC DEF G`` :func:`chain` p, q, ... p0, p1, ... plast, q0, q1, ... ``chain('ABC', 'DEF') --> A B C D E F`` :func:`chain.from_iterable` iterable p0, p1, ... plast, q0, q1, ... ``chain.from_iterable(['ABC', 'DEF']) --> A B C D E F`` :func:`compress` data, selectors (d[0] if s[0]), (d[1] if s[1]), ... ``compress('ABCDEF', [1,0,1,0,1,1]) --> A C E F`` :func:`dropwhile` pred, seq seq[n], seq[n+1], starting when pred fails ``dropwhile(lambda x: x<5, [1,4,6,4,1]) --> 6 4 1`` :func:`filterfalse` pred, seq elements of seq where pred(elem) is false ``filterfalse(lambda x: x%2, range(10)) --> 0 2 4 6 8`` :func:`groupby` iterable[, key] sub-iterators grouped by value of key(v) :func:`islice` seq, [start,] stop [, step] elements from seq[start:stop:step] ``islice('ABCDEFG', 2, None) --> C D E F G`` :func:`pairwise` iterable (p[0], p[1]), (p[1], p[2]) ``pairwise('ABCDEFG') --> AB BC CD DE EF FG`` :func:`starmap` func, seq func(\*seq[0]), func(\*seq[1]), ... ``starmap(pow, [(2,5), (3,2), (10,3)]) --> 32 9 1000`` :func:`takewhile` pred, seq seq[0], seq[1], until pred fails ``takewhile(lambda x: x<5, [1,4,6,4,1]) --> 1 4`` :func:`tee` it, n it1, it2, ... itn splits one iterator into n :func:`zip_longest` p, q, ... (p[0], q[0]), (p[1], q[1]), ... ``zip_longest('ABCD', 'xy', fillvalue='-') --> Ax By C- D-`` ============================ ============================ ================================================= ============================================================= **Combinatoric iterators:** ============================================== ==================== ============================================================= Iterator Arguments Results ============================================== ==================== ============================================================= :func:`product` p, q, ... [repeat=1] cartesian product, equivalent to a nested for-loop :func:`permutations` p[, r] r-length tuples, all possible orderings, no repeated elements :func:`combinations` p, r r-length tuples, in sorted order, no repeated elements :func:`combinations_with_replacement` p, r r-length tuples, in sorted order, with repeated elements ============================================== ==================== ============================================================= ============================================== ============================================================= Examples Results ============================================== ============================================================= ``product('ABCD', repeat=2)`` ``AA AB AC AD BA BB BC BD CA CB CC CD DA DB DC DD`` ``permutations('ABCD', 2)`` ``AB AC AD BA BC BD CA CB CD DA DB DC`` ``combinations('ABCD', 2)`` ``AB AC AD BC BD CD`` ``combinations_with_replacement('ABCD', 2)`` ``AA AB AC AD BB BC BD CC CD DD`` ============================================== ============================================================= .. _itertools-functions: Itertool functions ------------------ The following module functions all construct and return iterators. Some provide streams of infinite length, so they should only be accessed by functions or loops that truncate the stream. .. function:: accumulate(iterable[, func, *, initial=None]) Make an iterator that returns accumulated sums, or accumulated results of other binary functions (specified via the optional *func* argument). If *func* is supplied, it should be a function of two arguments. Elements of the input *iterable* may be any type that can be accepted as arguments to *func*. (For example, with the default operation of addition, elements may be any addable type including :class:`~decimal.Decimal` or :class:`~fractions.Fraction`.) Usually, the number of elements output matches the input iterable. However, if the keyword argument *initial* is provided, the accumulation leads off with the *initial* value so that the output has one more element than the input iterable. Roughly equivalent to:: def accumulate(iterable, func=operator.add, *, initial=None): 'Return running totals' # accumulate([1,2,3,4,5]) --> 1 3 6 10 15 # accumulate([1,2,3,4,5], initial=100) --> 100 101 103 106 110 115 # accumulate([1,2,3,4,5], operator.mul) --> 1 2 6 24 120 it = iter(iterable) total = initial if initial is None: try: total = next(it) except StopIteration: return yield total for element in it: total = func(total, element) yield total There are a number of uses for the *func* argument. It can be set to :func:`min` for a running minimum, :func:`max` for a running maximum, or :func:`operator.mul` for a running product. Amortization tables can be built by accumulating interest and applying payments: .. doctest:: >>> data = [3, 4, 6, 2, 1, 9, 0, 7, 5, 8] >>> list(accumulate(data, operator.mul)) # running product [3, 12, 72, 144, 144, 1296, 0, 0, 0, 0] >>> list(accumulate(data, max)) # running maximum [3, 4, 6, 6, 6, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9] # Amortize a 5% loan of 1000 with 10 annual payments of 90 >>> account_update = lambda bal, pmt: round(bal * 1.05) + pmt >>> list(accumulate(repeat(-90, 10), account_update, initial=1_000)) [1000, 960, 918, 874, 828, 779, 728, 674, 618, 559, 497] See :func:`functools.reduce` for a similar function that returns only the final accumulated value. .. versionadded:: 3.2 .. versionchanged:: 3.3 Added the optional *func* parameter. .. versionchanged:: 3.8 Added the optional *initial* parameter. .. function:: batched(iterable, n) Batch data from the *iterable* into tuples of length *n*. The last batch may be shorter than *n*. Loops over the input iterable and accumulates data into tuples up to size *n*. The input is consumed lazily, just enough to fill a batch. The result is yielded as soon as the batch is full or when the input iterable is exhausted: .. doctest:: >>> flattened_data = ['roses', 'red', 'violets', 'blue', 'sugar', 'sweet'] >>> unflattened = list(batched(flattened_data, 2)) >>> unflattened [('roses', 'red'), ('violets', 'blue'), ('sugar', 'sweet')] >>> for batch in batched('ABCDEFG', 3): ... print(batch) ... ('A', 'B', 'C') ('D', 'E', 'F') ('G',) Roughly equivalent to:: def batched(iterable, n): # batched('ABCDEFG', 3) --> ABC DEF G if n < 1: raise ValueError('n must be at least one') it = iter(iterable) while batch := tuple(islice(it, n)): yield batch .. versionadded:: 3.12 .. function:: chain(*iterables) Make an iterator that returns elements from the first iterable until it is exhausted, then proceeds to the next iterable, until all of the iterables are exhausted. Used for treating consecutive sequences as a single sequence. Roughly equivalent to:: def chain(*iterables): # chain('ABC', 'DEF') --> A B C D E F for it in iterables: for element in it: yield element .. classmethod:: chain.from_iterable(iterable) Alternate constructor for :func:`chain`. Gets chained inputs from a single iterable argument that is evaluated lazily. Roughly equivalent to:: def from_iterable(iterables): # chain.from_iterable(['ABC', 'DEF']) --> A B C D E F for it in iterables: for element in it: yield element .. function:: combinations(iterable, r) Return *r* length subsequences of elements from the input *iterable*. The combination tuples are emitted in lexicographic ordering according to the order of the input *iterable*. So, if the input *iterable* is sorted, the output tuples will be produced in sorted order. Elements are treated as unique based on their position, not on their value. So if the input elements are unique, there will be no repeated values in each combination. Roughly equivalent to:: def combinations(iterable, r): # combinations('ABCD', 2) --> AB AC AD BC BD CD # combinations(range(4), 3) --> 012 013 023 123 pool = tuple(iterable) n = len(pool) if r > n: return indices = list(range(r)) yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices) while True: for i in reversed(range(r)): if indices[i] != i + n - r: break else: return indices[i] += 1 for j in range(i+1, r): indices[j] = indices[j-1] + 1 yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices) The code for :func:`combinations` can be also expressed as a subsequence of :func:`permutations` after filtering entries where the elements are not in sorted order (according to their position in the input pool):: def combinations(iterable, r): pool = tuple(iterable) n = len(pool) for indices in permutations(range(n), r): if sorted(indices) == list(indices): yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices) The number of items returned is ``n! / r! / (n-r)!`` when ``0 <= r <= n`` or zero when ``r > n``. .. function:: combinations_with_replacement(iterable, r) Return *r* length subsequences of elements from the input *iterable* allowing individual elements to be repeated more than once. The combination tuples are emitted in lexicographic ordering according to the order of the input *iterable*. So, if the input *iterable* is sorted, the output tuples will be produced in sorted order. Elements are treated as unique based on their position, not on their value. So if the input elements are unique, the generated combinations will also be unique. Roughly equivalent to:: def combinations_with_replacement(iterable, r): # combinations_with_replacement('ABC', 2) --> AA AB AC BB BC CC pool = tuple(iterable) n = len(pool) if not n and r: return indices = [0] * r yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices) while True: for i in reversed(range(r)): if indices[i] != n - 1: break else: return indices[i:] = [indices[i] + 1] * (r - i) yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices) The code for :func:`combinations_with_replacement` can be also expressed as a subsequence of :func:`product` after filtering entries where the elements are not in sorted order (according to their position in the input pool):: def combinations_with_replacement(iterable, r): pool = tuple(iterable) n = len(pool) for indices in product(range(n), repeat=r): if sorted(indices) == list(indices): yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices) The number of items returned is ``(n+r-1)! / r! / (n-1)!`` when ``n > 0``. .. versionadded:: 3.1 .. function:: compress(data, selectors) Make an iterator that filters elements from *data* returning only those that have a corresponding element in *selectors* that evaluates to ``True``. Stops when either the *data* or *selectors* iterables has been exhausted. Roughly equivalent to:: def compress(data, selectors): # compress('ABCDEF', [1,0,1,0,1,1]) --> A C E F return (d for d, s in zip(data, selectors) if s) .. versionadded:: 3.1 .. function:: count(start=0, step=1) Make an iterator that returns evenly spaced values starting with number *start*. Often used as an argument to :func:`map` to generate consecutive data points. Also, used with :func:`zip` to add sequence numbers. Roughly equivalent to:: def count(start=0, step=1): # count(10) --> 10 11 12 13 14 ... # count(2.5, 0.5) --> 2.5 3.0 3.5 ... n = start while True: yield n n += step When counting with floating point numbers, better accuracy can sometimes be achieved by substituting multiplicative code such as: ``(start + step * i for i in count())``. .. versionchanged:: 3.1 Added *step* argument and allowed non-integer arguments. .. function:: cycle(iterable) Make an iterator returning elements from the iterable and saving a copy of each. When the iterable is exhausted, return elements from the saved copy. Repeats indefinitely. Roughly equivalent to:: def cycle(iterable): # cycle('ABCD') --> A B C D A B C D A B C D ... saved = [] for element in iterable: yield element saved.append(element) while saved: for element in saved: yield element Note, this member of the toolkit may require significant auxiliary storage (depending on the length of the iterable). .. function:: dropwhile(predicate, iterable) Make an iterator that drops elements from the iterable as long as the predicate is true; afterwards, returns every element. Note, the iterator does not produce *any* output until the predicate first becomes false, so it may have a lengthy start-up time. Roughly equivalent to:: def dropwhile(predicate, iterable): # dropwhile(lambda x: x<5, [1,4,6,4,1]) --> 6 4 1 iterable = iter(iterable) for x in iterable: if not predicate(x): yield x break for x in iterable: yield x .. function:: filterfalse(predicate, iterable) Make an iterator that filters elements from iterable returning only those for which the predicate is false. If *predicate* is ``None``, return the items that are false. Roughly equivalent to:: def filterfalse(predicate, iterable): # filterfalse(lambda x: x%2, range(10)) --> 0 2 4 6 8 if predicate is None: predicate = bool for x in iterable: if not predicate(x): yield x .. function:: groupby(iterable, key=None) Make an iterator that returns consecutive keys and groups from the *iterable*. The *key* is a function computing a key value for each element. If not specified or is ``None``, *key* defaults to an identity function and returns the element unchanged. Generally, the iterable needs to already be sorted on the same key function. The operation of :func:`groupby` is similar to the ``uniq`` filter in Unix. It generates a break or new group every time the value of the key function changes (which is why it is usually necessary to have sorted the data using the same key function). That behavior differs from SQL's GROUP BY which aggregates common elements regardless of their input order. The returned group is itself an iterator that shares the underlying iterable with :func:`groupby`. Because the source is shared, when the :func:`groupby` object is advanced, the previous group is no longer visible. So, if that data is needed later, it should be stored as a list:: groups = [] uniquekeys = [] data = sorted(data, key=keyfunc) for k, g in groupby(data, keyfunc): groups.append(list(g)) # Store group iterator as a list uniquekeys.append(k) :func:`groupby` is roughly equivalent to:: class groupby: # [k for k, g in groupby('AAAABBBCCDAABBB')] --> A B C D A B # [list(g) for k, g in groupby('AAAABBBCCD')] --> AAAA BBB CC D def __init__(self, iterable, key=None): if key is None: key = lambda x: x self.keyfunc = key self.it = iter(iterable) self.tgtkey = self.currkey = self.currvalue = object() def __iter__(self): return self def __next__(self): self.id = object() while self.currkey == self.tgtkey: self.currvalue = next(self.it) # Exit on StopIteration self.currkey = self.keyfunc(self.currvalue) self.tgtkey = self.currkey return (self.currkey, self._grouper(self.tgtkey, self.id)) def _grouper(self, tgtkey, id): while self.id is id and self.currkey == tgtkey: yield self.currvalue try: self.currvalue = next(self.it) except StopIteration: return self.currkey = self.keyfunc(self.currvalue) .. function:: islice(iterable, stop) islice(iterable, start, stop[, step]) Make an iterator that returns selected elements from the iterable. If *start* is non-zero, then elements from the iterable are skipped until start is reached. Afterward, elements are returned consecutively unless *step* is set higher than one which results in items being skipped. If *stop* is ``None``, then iteration continues until the iterator is exhausted, if at all; otherwise, it stops at the specified position. If *start* is ``None``, then iteration starts at zero. If *step* is ``None``, then the step defaults to one. Unlike regular slicing, :func:`islice` does not support negative values for *start*, *stop*, or *step*. Can be used to extract related fields from data where the internal structure has been flattened (for example, a multi-line report may list a name field on every third line). Roughly equivalent to:: def islice(iterable, *args): # islice('ABCDEFG', 2) --> A B # islice('ABCDEFG', 2, 4) --> C D # islice('ABCDEFG', 2, None) --> C D E F G # islice('ABCDEFG', 0, None, 2) --> A C E G s = slice(*args) start, stop, step = s.start or 0, s.stop or sys.maxsize, s.step or 1 it = iter(range(start, stop, step)) try: nexti = next(it) except StopIteration: # Consume *iterable* up to the *start* position. for i, element in zip(range(start), iterable): pass return try: for i, element in enumerate(iterable): if i == nexti: yield element nexti = next(it) except StopIteration: # Consume to *stop*. for i, element in zip(range(i + 1, stop), iterable): pass .. function:: pairwise(iterable) Return successive overlapping pairs taken from the input *iterable*. The number of 2-tuples in the output iterator will be one fewer than the number of inputs. It will be empty if the input iterable has fewer than two values. Roughly equivalent to:: def pairwise(iterable): # pairwise('ABCDEFG') --> AB BC CD DE EF FG a, b = tee(iterable) next(b, None) return zip(a, b) .. versionadded:: 3.10 .. function:: permutations(iterable, r=None) Return successive *r* length permutations of elements in the *iterable*. If *r* is not specified or is ``None``, then *r* defaults to the length of the *iterable* and all possible full-length permutations are generated. The permutation tuples are emitted in lexicographic order according to the order of the input *iterable*. So, if the input *iterable* is sorted, the output tuples will be produced in sorted order. Elements are treated as unique based on their position, not on their value. So if the input elements are unique, there will be no repeated values within a permutation. Roughly equivalent to:: def permutations(iterable, r=None): # permutations('ABCD', 2) --> AB AC AD BA BC BD CA CB CD DA DB DC # permutations(range(3)) --> 012 021 102 120 201 210 pool = tuple(iterable) n = len(pool) r = n if r is None else r if r > n: return indices = list(range(n)) cycles = list(range(n, n-r, -1)) yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices[:r]) while n: for i in reversed(range(r)): cycles[i] -= 1 if cycles[i] == 0: indices[i:] = indices[i+1:] + indices[i:i+1] cycles[i] = n - i else: j = cycles[i] indices[i], indices[-j] = indices[-j], indices[i] yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices[:r]) break else: return The code for :func:`permutations` can be also expressed as a subsequence of :func:`product`, filtered to exclude entries with repeated elements (those from the same position in the input pool):: def permutations(iterable, r=None): pool = tuple(iterable) n = len(pool) r = n if r is None else r for indices in product(range(n), repeat=r): if len(set(indices)) == r: yield tuple(pool[i] for i in indices) The number of items returned is ``n! / (n-r)!`` when ``0 <= r <= n`` or zero when ``r > n``. .. function:: product(*iterables, repeat=1) Cartesian product of input iterables. Roughly equivalent to nested for-loops in a generator expression. For example, ``product(A, B)`` returns the same as ``((x,y) for x in A for y in B)``. The nested loops cycle like an odometer with the rightmost element advancing on every iteration. This pattern creates a lexicographic ordering so that if the input's iterables are sorted, the product tuples are emitted in sorted order. To compute the product of an iterable with itself, specify the number of repetitions with the optional *repeat* keyword argument. For example, ``product(A, repeat=4)`` means the same as ``product(A, A, A, A)``. This function is roughly equivalent to the following code, except that the actual implementation does not build up intermediate results in memory:: def product(*args, repeat=1): # product('ABCD', 'xy') --> Ax Ay Bx By Cx Cy Dx Dy # product(range(2), repeat=3) --> 000 001 010 011 100 101 110 111 pools = [tuple(pool) for pool in args] * repeat result = [[]] for pool in pools: result = [x+[y] for x in result for y in pool] for prod in result: yield tuple(prod) Before :func:`product` runs, it completely consumes the input iterables, keeping pools of values in memory to generate the products. Accordingly, it is only useful with finite inputs. .. function:: repeat(object[, times]) Make an iterator that returns *object* over and over again. Runs indefinitely unless the *times* argument is specified. Roughly equivalent to:: def repeat(object, times=None): # repeat(10, 3) --> 10 10 10 if times is None: while True: yield object else: for i in range(times): yield object A common use for *repeat* is to supply a stream of constant values to *map* or *zip*: .. doctest:: >>> list(map(pow, range(10), repeat(2))) [0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81] .. function:: starmap(function, iterable) Make an iterator that computes the function using arguments obtained from the iterable. Used instead of :func:`map` when argument parameters are already grouped in tuples from a single iterable (when the data has been "pre-zipped"). The difference between :func:`map` and :func:`starmap` parallels the distinction between ``function(a,b)`` and ``function(*c)``. Roughly equivalent to:: def starmap(function, iterable): # starmap(pow, [(2,5), (3,2), (10,3)]) --> 32 9 1000 for args in iterable: yield function(*args) .. function:: takewhile(predicate, iterable) Make an iterator that returns elements from the iterable as long as the predicate is true. Roughly equivalent to:: def takewhile(predicate, iterable): # takewhile(lambda x: x<5, [1,4,6,4,1]) --> 1 4 for x in iterable: if predicate(x): yield x else: break .. function:: tee(iterable, n=2) Return *n* independent iterators from a single iterable. The following Python code helps explain what *tee* does (although the actual implementation is more complex and uses only a single underlying :abbr:`FIFO (first-in, first-out)` queue):: def tee(iterable, n=2): it = iter(iterable) deques = [collections.deque() for i in range(n)] def gen(mydeque): while True: if not mydeque: # when the local deque is empty try: newval = next(it) # fetch a new value and except StopIteration: return for d in deques: # load it to all the deques d.append(newval) yield mydeque.popleft() return tuple(gen(d) for d in deques) Once a :func:`tee` has been created, the original *iterable* should not be used anywhere else; otherwise, the *iterable* could get advanced without the tee objects being informed. ``tee`` iterators are not threadsafe. A :exc:`RuntimeError` may be raised when simultaneously using iterators returned by the same :func:`tee` call, even if the original *iterable* is threadsafe. This itertool may require significant auxiliary storage (depending on how much temporary data needs to be stored). In general, if one iterator uses most or all of the data before another iterator starts, it is faster to use :func:`list` instead of :func:`tee`. .. function:: zip_longest(*iterables, fillvalue=None) Make an iterator that aggregates elements from each of the iterables. If the iterables are of uneven length, missing values are filled-in with *fillvalue*. Iteration continues until the longest iterable is exhausted. Roughly equivalent to:: def zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=None): # zip_longest('ABCD', 'xy', fillvalue='-') --> Ax By C- D- iterators = [iter(it) for it in args] num_active = len(iterators) if not num_active: return while True: values = [] for i, it in enumerate(iterators): try: value = next(it) except StopIteration: num_active -= 1 if not num_active: return iterators[i] = repeat(fillvalue) value = fillvalue values.append(value) yield tuple(values) If one of the iterables is potentially infinite, then the :func:`zip_longest` function should be wrapped with something that limits the number of calls (for example :func:`islice` or :func:`takewhile`). If not specified, *fillvalue* defaults to ``None``. .. _itertools-recipes: Itertools Recipes ----------------- This section shows recipes for creating an extended toolset using the existing itertools as building blocks. The primary purpose of the itertools recipes is educational. The recipes show various ways of thinking about individual tools — for example, that ``chain.from_iterable`` is related to the concept of flattening. The recipes also give ideas about ways that the tools can be combined — for example, how ``compress()`` and ``range()`` can work together. The recipes also show patterns for using itertools with the :mod:`operator` and :mod:`collections` modules as well as with the built-in itertools such as ``map()``, ``filter()``, ``reversed()``, and ``enumerate()``. A secondary purpose of the recipes is to serve as an incubator. The ``accumulate()``, ``compress()``, and ``pairwise()`` itertools started out as recipes. Currently, the ``sliding_window()`` and ``iter_index()`` recipes are being tested to see whether they prove their worth. Substantially all of these recipes and many, many others can be installed from the `more-itertools project `_ found on the Python Package Index:: python -m pip install more-itertools Many of the recipes offer the same high performance as the underlying toolset. Superior memory performance is kept by processing elements one at a time rather than bringing the whole iterable into memory all at once. Code volume is kept small by linking the tools together in a functional style which helps eliminate temporary variables. High speed is retained by preferring "vectorized" building blocks over the use of for-loops and :term:`generator`\s which incur interpreter overhead. .. testcode:: import collections import functools import math import operator import random def take(n, iterable): "Return first n items of the iterable as a list" return list(islice(iterable, n)) def prepend(value, iterator): "Prepend a single value in front of an iterator" # prepend(1, [2, 3, 4]) --> 1 2 3 4 return chain([value], iterator) def tabulate(function, start=0): "Return function(0), function(1), ..." return map(function, count(start)) def repeatfunc(func, times=None, *args): """Repeat calls to func with specified arguments. Example: repeatfunc(random.random) """ if times is None: return starmap(func, repeat(args)) return starmap(func, repeat(args, times)) def flatten(list_of_lists): "Flatten one level of nesting" return chain.from_iterable(list_of_lists) def ncycles(iterable, n): "Returns the sequence elements n times" return chain.from_iterable(repeat(tuple(iterable), n)) def tail(n, iterable): "Return an iterator over the last n items" # tail(3, 'ABCDEFG') --> E F G return iter(collections.deque(iterable, maxlen=n)) def consume(iterator, n=None): "Advance the iterator n-steps ahead. If n is None, consume entirely." # Use functions that consume iterators at C speed. if n is None: # feed the entire iterator into a zero-length deque collections.deque(iterator, maxlen=0) else: # advance to the empty slice starting at position n next(islice(iterator, n, n), None) def nth(iterable, n, default=None): "Returns the nth item or a default value" return next(islice(iterable, n, None), default) def quantify(iterable, pred=bool): "Count how many times the predicate is True" return sum(map(pred, iterable)) def all_equal(iterable): "Returns True if all the elements are equal to each other" g = groupby(iterable) return next(g, True) and not next(g, False) def first_true(iterable, default=False, pred=None): """Returns the first true value in the iterable. If no true value is found, returns *default* If *pred* is not None, returns the first item for which pred(item) is true. """ # first_true([a,b,c], x) --> a or b or c or x # first_true([a,b], x, f) --> a if f(a) else b if f(b) else x return next(filter(pred, iterable), default) def iter_index(iterable, value, start=0): "Return indices where a value occurs in a sequence or iterable." # iter_index('AABCADEAF', 'A') --> 0 1 4 7 try: seq_index = iterable.index except AttributeError: # Slow path for general iterables it = islice(iterable, start, None) i = start - 1 try: while True: yield (i := i + operator.indexOf(it, value) + 1) except ValueError: pass else: # Fast path for sequences i = start - 1 try: while True: yield (i := seq_index(value, i+1)) except ValueError: pass def iter_except(func, exception, first=None): """ Call a function repeatedly until an exception is raised. Converts a call-until-exception interface to an iterator interface. Like builtins.iter(func, sentinel) but uses an exception instead of a sentinel to end the loop. Examples: iter_except(functools.partial(heappop, h), IndexError) # priority queue iterator iter_except(d.popitem, KeyError) # non-blocking dict iterator iter_except(d.popleft, IndexError) # non-blocking deque iterator iter_except(q.get_nowait, Queue.Empty) # loop over a producer Queue iter_except(s.pop, KeyError) # non-blocking set iterator """ try: if first is not None: yield first() # For database APIs needing an initial cast to db.first() while True: yield func() except exception: pass def grouper(iterable, n, *, incomplete='fill', fillvalue=None): "Collect data into non-overlapping fixed-length chunks or blocks" # grouper('ABCDEFG', 3, fillvalue='x') --> ABC DEF Gxx # grouper('ABCDEFG', 3, incomplete='strict') --> ABC DEF ValueError # grouper('ABCDEFG', 3, incomplete='ignore') --> ABC DEF args = [iter(iterable)] * n if incomplete == 'fill': return zip_longest(*args, fillvalue=fillvalue) if incomplete == 'strict': return zip(*args, strict=True) if incomplete == 'ignore': return zip(*args) else: raise ValueError('Expected fill, strict, or ignore') def sliding_window(iterable, n): # sliding_window('ABCDEFG', 4) --> ABCD BCDE CDEF DEFG it = iter(iterable) window = collections.deque(islice(it, n-1), maxlen=n) for x in it: window.append(x) yield tuple(window) def roundrobin(*iterables): "roundrobin('ABC', 'D', 'EF') --> A D E B F C" # Recipe credited to George Sakkis num_active = len(iterables) nexts = cycle(iter(it).__next__ for it in iterables) while num_active: try: for next in nexts: yield next() except StopIteration: # Remove the iterator we just exhausted from the cycle. num_active -= 1 nexts = cycle(islice(nexts, num_active)) def partition(pred, iterable): """Partition entries into false entries and true entries. If *pred* is slow, consider wrapping it with functools.lru_cache(). """ # partition(is_odd, range(10)) --> 0 2 4 6 8 and 1 3 5 7 9 t1, t2 = tee(iterable) return filterfalse(pred, t1), filter(pred, t2) def subslices(seq): "Return all contiguous non-empty subslices of a sequence" # subslices('ABCD') --> A AB ABC ABCD B BC BCD C CD D slices = starmap(slice, combinations(range(len(seq) + 1), 2)) return map(operator.getitem, repeat(seq), slices) def before_and_after(predicate, it): """ Variant of takewhile() that allows complete access to the remainder of the iterator. >>> it = iter('ABCdEfGhI') >>> all_upper, remainder = before_and_after(str.isupper, it) >>> ''.join(all_upper) 'ABC' >>> ''.join(remainder) # takewhile() would lose the 'd' 'dEfGhI' Note that the first iterator must be fully consumed before the second iterator can generate valid results. """ it = iter(it) transition = [] def true_iterator(): for elem in it: if predicate(elem): yield elem else: transition.append(elem) return def remainder_iterator(): yield from transition yield from it return true_iterator(), remainder_iterator() def unique_everseen(iterable, key=None): "List unique elements, preserving order. Remember all elements ever seen." # unique_everseen('AAAABBBCCDAABBB') --> A B C D # unique_everseen('ABBcCAD', str.lower) --> A B c D seen = set() if key is None: for element in filterfalse(seen.__contains__, iterable): seen.add(element) yield element # For order preserving deduplication, # a faster but non-lazy solution is: # yield from dict.fromkeys(iterable) else: for element in iterable: k = key(element) if k not in seen: seen.add(k) yield element # For use cases that allow the last matching element to be returned, # a faster but non-lazy solution is: # t1, t2 = tee(iterable) # yield from dict(zip(map(key, t1), t2)).values() def unique_justseen(iterable, key=None): "List unique elements, preserving order. Remember only the element just seen." # unique_justseen('AAAABBBCCDAABBB') --> A B C D A B # unique_justseen('ABBcCAD', str.lower) --> A B c A D return map(next, map(operator.itemgetter(1), groupby(iterable, key))) The following recipes have a more mathematical flavor: .. testcode:: def powerset(iterable): "powerset([1,2,3]) --> () (1,) (2,) (3,) (1,2) (1,3) (2,3) (1,2,3)" s = list(iterable) return chain.from_iterable(combinations(s, r) for r in range(len(s)+1)) def sieve(n): "Primes less than n." # sieve(30) --> 2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23 29 data = bytearray((0, 1)) * (n // 2) data[:3] = 0, 0, 0 limit = math.isqrt(n) + 1 for p in compress(range(limit), data): data[p*p : n : p+p] = bytes(len(range(p*p, n, p+p))) data[2] = 1 return iter_index(data, 1) if n > 2 else iter([]) def factor(n): "Prime factors of n." # factor(99) --> 3 3 11 # factor(1_000_000_000_000_007) --> 47 59 360620266859 # factor(1_000_000_000_000_403) --> 1000000000000403 for prime in sieve(math.isqrt(n) + 1): while True: if n % prime: break yield prime n //= prime if n == 1: return if n > 1: yield n def sum_of_squares(it): "Add up the squares of the input values." # sum_of_squares([10, 20, 30]) -> 1400 return math.sumprod(*tee(it)) def transpose(it): "Swap the rows and columns of the input." # transpose([(1, 2, 3), (11, 22, 33)]) --> (1, 11) (2, 22) (3, 33) return zip(*it, strict=True) def matmul(m1, m2): "Multiply two matrices." # matmul([(7, 5), (3, 5)], [(2, 5), (7, 9)]) --> (49, 80), (41, 60) n = len(m2[0]) return batched(starmap(math.sumprod, product(m1, transpose(m2))), n) def convolve(signal, kernel): """Linear convolution of two iterables. Article: https://betterexplained.com/articles/intuitive-convolution/ Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuXjwB4LzSA """ # convolve(data, [0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25]) --> Moving average (blur) # convolve(data, [1, -1]) --> 1st finite difference (1st derivative) # convolve(data, [1, -2, 1]) --> 2nd finite difference (2nd derivative) kernel = tuple(kernel)[::-1] n = len(kernel) padded_signal = chain(repeat(0, n-1), signal, repeat(0, n-1)) windowed_signal = sliding_window(padded_signal, n) return map(math.sumprod, repeat(kernel), windowed_signal) def polynomial_from_roots(roots): """Compute a polynomial's coefficients from its roots. (x - 5) (x + 4) (x - 3) expands to: x³ -4x² -17x + 60 """ # polynomial_from_roots([5, -4, 3]) --> [1, -4, -17, 60] factors = zip(repeat(1), map(operator.neg, roots)) return list(functools.reduce(convolve, factors, [1])) def polynomial_eval(coefficients, x): """Evaluate a polynomial at a specific value. Computes with better numeric stability than Horner's method. """ # Evaluate x³ -4x² -17x + 60 at x = 2.5 # polynomial_eval([1, -4, -17, 60], x=2.5) --> 8.125 n = len(coefficients) if n == 0: return x * 0 # coerce zero to the type of x powers = map(pow, repeat(x), reversed(range(n))) return math.sumprod(coefficients, powers) def polynomial_derivative(coefficients): """Compute the first derivative of a polynomial. f(x) = x³ -4x² -17x + 60 f'(x) = 3x² -8x -17 """ # polynomial_derivative([1, -4, -17, 60]) -> [3, -8, -17] n = len(coefficients) powers = reversed(range(1, n)) return list(map(operator.mul, coefficients, powers)) def nth_combination(iterable, r, index): "Equivalent to list(combinations(iterable, r))[index]" pool = tuple(iterable) n = len(pool) c = math.comb(n, r) if index < 0: index += c if index < 0 or index >= c: raise IndexError result = [] while r: c, n, r = c*r//n, n-1, r-1 while index >= c: index -= c c, n = c*(n-r)//n, n-1 result.append(pool[-1-n]) return tuple(result) .. doctest:: :hide: These examples no longer appear in the docs but are guaranteed to keep working. >>> amounts = [120.15, 764.05, 823.14] >>> for checknum, amount in zip(count(1200), amounts): ... print('Check %d is for $%.2f' % (checknum, amount)) ... Check 1200 is for $120.15 Check 1201 is for $764.05 Check 1202 is for $823.14 >>> import operator >>> for cube in map(operator.pow, range(1,4), repeat(3)): ... print(cube) ... 1 8 27 >>> reportlines = ['EuroPython', 'Roster', '', 'alex', '', 'laura', '', 'martin', '', 'walter', '', 'samuele'] >>> for name in islice(reportlines, 3, None, 2): ... print(name.title()) ... Alex Laura Martin Walter Samuele >>> from operator import itemgetter >>> d = dict(a=1, b=2, c=1, d=2, e=1, f=2, g=3) >>> di = sorted(sorted(d.items()), key=itemgetter(1)) >>> for k, g in groupby(di, itemgetter(1)): ... print(k, list(map(itemgetter(0), g))) ... 1 ['a', 'c', 'e'] 2 ['b', 'd', 'f'] 3 ['g'] # Find runs of consecutive numbers using groupby. The key to the solution # is differencing with a range so that consecutive numbers all appear in # same group. >>> data = [ 1, 4,5,6, 10, 15,16,17,18, 22, 25,26,27,28] >>> for k, g in groupby(enumerate(data), lambda t:t[0]-t[1]): ... print(list(map(operator.itemgetter(1), g))) ... [1] [4, 5, 6] [10] [15, 16, 17, 18] [22] [25, 26, 27, 28] Now, we test all of the itertool recipes >>> take(10, count()) [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] >>> list(prepend(1, [2, 3, 4])) [1, 2, 3, 4] >>> list(enumerate('abc')) [(0, 'a'), (1, 'b'), (2, 'c')] >>> list(islice(tabulate(lambda x: 2*x), 4)) [0, 2, 4, 6] >>> list(tail(3, 'ABCDEFG')) ['E', 'F', 'G'] >>> it = iter(range(10)) >>> consume(it, 3) >>> next(it) 3 >>> consume(it) >>> next(it, 'Done') 'Done' >>> nth('abcde', 3) 'd' >>> nth('abcde', 9) is None True >>> [all_equal(s) for s in ('', 'A', 'AAAA', 'AAAB', 'AAABA')] [True, True, True, False, False] >>> quantify(range(99), lambda x: x%2==0) 50 >>> quantify([True, False, False, True, True]) 3 >>> quantify(range(12), pred=lambda x: x%2==1) 6 >>> a = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]] >>> list(flatten(a)) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] >>> list(repeatfunc(pow, 5, 2, 3)) [8, 8, 8, 8, 8] >>> take(5, map(int, repeatfunc(random.random))) [0, 0, 0, 0, 0] >>> list(ncycles('abc', 3)) ['a', 'b', 'c', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'a', 'b', 'c'] >>> sum_of_squares([10, 20, 30]) 1400 >>> list(transpose([(1, 2, 3), (11, 22, 33)])) [(1, 11), (2, 22), (3, 33)] >>> list(matmul([(7, 5), (3, 5)], [[2, 5], [7, 9]])) [(49, 80), (41, 60)] >>> list(matmul([[2, 5], [7, 9], [3, 4]], [[7, 11, 5, 4, 9], [3, 5, 2, 6, 3]])) [(29, 47, 20, 38, 33), (76, 122, 53, 82, 90), (33, 53, 23, 36, 39)] >>> data = [20, 40, 24, 32, 20, 28, 16] >>> list(convolve(data, [0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25])) [5.0, 15.0, 21.0, 29.0, 29.0, 26.0, 24.0, 16.0, 11.0, 4.0] >>> list(convolve(data, [1, -1])) [20, 20, -16, 8, -12, 8, -12, -16] >>> list(convolve(data, [1, -2, 1])) [20, 0, -36, 24, -20, 20, -20, -4, 16] >>> from fractions import Fraction >>> from decimal import Decimal >>> polynomial_eval([1, -4, -17, 60], x=2) 18 >>> x = 2; x**3 - 4*x**2 -17*x + 60 18 >>> polynomial_eval([1, -4, -17, 60], x=2.5) 8.125 >>> x = 2.5; x**3 - 4*x**2 -17*x + 60 8.125 >>> polynomial_eval([1, -4, -17, 60], x=Fraction(2, 3)) Fraction(1274, 27) >>> x = Fraction(2, 3); x**3 - 4*x**2 -17*x + 60 Fraction(1274, 27) >>> polynomial_eval([1, -4, -17, 60], x=Decimal('1.75')) Decimal('23.359375') >>> x = Decimal('1.75'); x**3 - 4*x**2 -17*x + 60 Decimal('23.359375') >>> polynomial_eval([], 2) 0 >>> polynomial_eval([], 2.5) 0.0 >>> polynomial_eval([], Fraction(2, 3)) Fraction(0, 1) >>> polynomial_eval([], Decimal('1.75')) Decimal('0.00') >>> polynomial_eval([11], 7) == 11 True >>> polynomial_eval([11, 2], 7) == 11 * 7 + 2 True >>> polynomial_from_roots([5, -4, 3]) [1, -4, -17, 60] >>> factored = lambda x: (x - 5) * (x + 4) * (x - 3) >>> expanded = lambda x: x**3 -4*x**2 -17*x + 60 >>> all(factored(x) == expanded(x) for x in range(-10, 11)) True >>> polynomial_derivative([1, -4, -17, 60]) [3, -8, -17] >>> list(iter_index('AABCADEAF', 'A')) [0, 1, 4, 7] >>> list(iter_index('AABCADEAF', 'B')) [2] >>> list(iter_index('AABCADEAF', 'X')) [] >>> list(iter_index('', 'X')) [] >>> list(iter_index('AABCADEAF', 'A', 1)) [1, 4, 7] >>> list(iter_index(iter('AABCADEAF'), 'A', 1)) [1, 4, 7] >>> list(iter_index('AABCADEAF', 'A', 2)) [4, 7] >>> list(iter_index(iter('AABCADEAF'), 'A', 2)) [4, 7] >>> list(iter_index('AABCADEAF', 'A', 10)) [] >>> list(iter_index(iter('AABCADEAF'), 'A', 10)) [] >>> list(sieve(30)) [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29] >>> small_primes = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97] >>> all(list(sieve(n)) == [p for p in small_primes if p < n] for n in range(101)) True >>> len(list(sieve(100))) 25 >>> len(list(sieve(1_000))) 168 >>> len(list(sieve(10_000))) 1229 >>> len(list(sieve(100_000))) 9592 >>> len(list(sieve(1_000_000))) 78498 >>> carmichael = {561, 1105, 1729, 2465, 2821, 6601, 8911} # https://oeis.org/A002997 >>> set(sieve(10_000)).isdisjoint(carmichael) True >>> list(factor(99)) # Code example 1 [3, 3, 11] >>> list(factor(1_000_000_000_000_007)) # Code example 2 [47, 59, 360620266859] >>> list(factor(1_000_000_000_000_403)) # Code example 3 [1000000000000403] >>> list(factor(0)) [] >>> list(factor(1)) [] >>> list(factor(2)) [2] >>> list(factor(3)) [3] >>> list(factor(4)) [2, 2] >>> list(factor(5)) [5] >>> list(factor(6)) [2, 3] >>> list(factor(7)) [7] >>> list(factor(8)) [2, 2, 2] >>> list(factor(9)) [3, 3] >>> list(factor(10)) [2, 5] >>> list(factor(128_884_753_939)) # large prime [128884753939] >>> list(factor(999953 * 999983)) # large semiprime [999953, 999983] >>> list(factor(6 ** 20)) == [2] * 20 + [3] * 20 # large power True >>> list(factor(909_909_090_909)) # large multiterm composite [3, 3, 7, 13, 13, 751, 113797] >>> math.prod([3, 3, 7, 13, 13, 751, 113797]) 909909090909 >>> all(math.prod(factor(n)) == n for n in range(1, 2_000)) True >>> all(set(factor(n)) <= set(sieve(n+1)) for n in range(2_000)) True >>> all(list(factor(n)) == sorted(factor(n)) for n in range(2_000)) True >>> list(flatten([('a', 'b'), (), ('c', 'd', 'e'), ('f',), ('g', 'h', 'i')])) ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i'] >>> random.seed(85753098575309) >>> list(repeatfunc(random.random, 3)) [0.16370491282496968, 0.45889608687313455, 0.3747076837820118] >>> list(repeatfunc(chr, 3, 65)) ['A', 'A', 'A'] >>> list(repeatfunc(pow, 3, 2, 5)) [32, 32, 32] >>> list(grouper('abcdefg', 3, fillvalue='x')) [('a', 'b', 'c'), ('d', 'e', 'f'), ('g', 'x', 'x')] >>> it = grouper('abcdefg', 3, incomplete='strict') >>> next(it) ('a', 'b', 'c') >>> next(it) ('d', 'e', 'f') >>> next(it) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: zip() argument 2 is shorter than argument 1 >>> list(grouper('abcdefg', n=3, incomplete='ignore')) [('a', 'b', 'c'), ('d', 'e', 'f')] >>> list(sliding_window('ABCDEFG', 1)) [('A',), ('B',), ('C',), ('D',), ('E',), ('F',), ('G',)] >>> list(sliding_window('ABCDEFG', 2)) [('A', 'B'), ('B', 'C'), ('C', 'D'), ('D', 'E'), ('E', 'F'), ('F', 'G')] >>> list(sliding_window('ABCDEFG', 3)) [('A', 'B', 'C'), ('B', 'C', 'D'), ('C', 'D', 'E'), ('D', 'E', 'F'), ('E', 'F', 'G')] >>> list(sliding_window('ABCDEFG', 4)) [('A', 'B', 'C', 'D'), ('B', 'C', 'D', 'E'), ('C', 'D', 'E', 'F'), ('D', 'E', 'F', 'G')] >>> list(sliding_window('ABCDEFG', 5)) [('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'), ('B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'), ('C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G')] >>> list(sliding_window('ABCDEFG', 6)) [('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'), ('B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G')] >>> list(sliding_window('ABCDEFG', 7)) [('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G')] >>> list(sliding_window('ABCDEFG', 8)) [] >>> try: ... list(sliding_window('ABCDEFG', -1)) ... except ValueError: ... 'zero or negative n not supported' ... 'zero or negative n not supported' >>> try: ... list(sliding_window('ABCDEFG', 0)) ... except ValueError: ... 'zero or negative n not supported' ... 'zero or negative n not supported' >>> list(roundrobin('abc', 'd', 'ef')) ['a', 'd', 'e', 'b', 'f', 'c'] >>> def is_odd(x): ... return x % 2 == 1 >>> evens, odds = partition(is_odd, range(10)) >>> list(evens) [0, 2, 4, 6, 8] >>> list(odds) [1, 3, 5, 7, 9] >>> it = iter('ABCdEfGhI') >>> all_upper, remainder = before_and_after(str.isupper, it) >>> ''.join(all_upper) 'ABC' >>> ''.join(remainder) 'dEfGhI' >>> list(subslices('ABCD')) ['A', 'AB', 'ABC', 'ABCD', 'B', 'BC', 'BCD', 'C', 'CD', 'D'] >>> list(powerset([1,2,3])) [(), (1,), (2,), (3,), (1, 2), (1, 3), (2, 3), (1, 2, 3)] >>> all(len(list(powerset(range(n)))) == 2**n for n in range(18)) True >>> list(powerset('abcde')) == sorted(sorted(set(powerset('abcde'))), key=len) True >>> list(unique_everseen('AAAABBBCCDAABBB')) ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'] >>> list(unique_everseen('ABBCcAD', str.lower)) ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'] >>> list(unique_everseen('ABBcCAD', str.lower)) ['A', 'B', 'c', 'D'] >>> list(unique_justseen('AAAABBBCCDAABBB')) ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'A', 'B'] >>> list(unique_justseen('ABBCcAD', str.lower)) ['A', 'B', 'C', 'A', 'D'] >>> list(unique_justseen('ABBcCAD', str.lower)) ['A', 'B', 'c', 'A', 'D'] >>> d = dict(a=1, b=2, c=3) >>> it = iter_except(d.popitem, KeyError) >>> d['d'] = 4 >>> next(it) ('d', 4) >>> next(it) ('c', 3) >>> next(it) ('b', 2) >>> d['e'] = 5 >>> next(it) ('e', 5) >>> next(it) ('a', 1) >>> next(it, 'empty') 'empty' >>> first_true('ABC0DEF1', '9', str.isdigit) '0' >>> population = 'ABCDEFGH' >>> for r in range(len(population) + 1): ... seq = list(combinations(population, r)) ... for i in range(len(seq)): ... assert nth_combination(population, r, i) == seq[i] ... for i in range(-len(seq), 0): ... assert nth_combination(population, r, i) == seq[i] >>> iterable = 'abcde' >>> r = 3 >>> combos = list(combinations(iterable, r)) >>> all(nth_combination(iterable, r, i) == comb for i, comb in enumerate(combos)) True .. testcode:: :hide: # Old recipes and their tests which are guaranteed to continue to work. def sumprod(vec1, vec2): "Compute a sum of products." return sum(starmap(operator.mul, zip(vec1, vec2, strict=True))) def dotproduct(vec1, vec2): return sum(map(operator.mul, vec1, vec2)) def pad_none(iterable): """Returns the sequence elements and then returns None indefinitely. Useful for emulating the behavior of the built-in map() function. """ return chain(iterable, repeat(None)) def triplewise(iterable): "Return overlapping triplets from an iterable" # triplewise('ABCDEFG') --> ABC BCD CDE DEF EFG for (a, _), (b, c) in pairwise(pairwise(iterable)): yield a, b, c .. doctest:: :hide: >>> dotproduct([1,2,3], [4,5,6]) 32 >>> sumprod([1,2,3], [4,5,6]) 32 >>> list(islice(pad_none('abc'), 0, 6)) ['a', 'b', 'c', None, None, None] >>> list(triplewise('ABCDEFG')) [('A', 'B', 'C'), ('B', 'C', 'D'), ('C', 'D', 'E'), ('D', 'E', 'F'), ('E', 'F', 'G')]