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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2009-01-26 02:23:50 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2009-01-26 02:23:50 (GMT)
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Backport r68942: update powerset() recipe.
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@@ -590,11 +590,9 @@ which incur interpreter overhead.
nexts = cycle(islice(nexts, pending))
def powerset(iterable):
- "powerset('ab') --> set([]), set(['a']), set(['b']), set(['a', 'b'])"
- # Recipe credited to Eric Raymond
- pairs = [(2**i, x) for i, x in enumerate(iterable)]
- for n in xrange(2**len(pairs)):
- yield set(x for m, x in pairs if m&n)
+ "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 compress(data, selectors):
"compress('ABCDEF', [1,0,1,0,1,1]) --> A C E F"