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@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Iterator Arguments Results
==================== ============================ ================================================= =============================================================
Iterator Arguments Results Example
==================== ============================ ================================================= =============================================================
+:func:`accumulate` p p0, p0+p1, p0+p1+p2, ... ``accumulate([1,2,3,4,5]) --> 1 3 6 10 15``
:func:`chain` p, q, ... p0, p1, ... plast, q0, q1, ... ``chain('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``
@@ -83,6 +84,22 @@ 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)
+
+ Make an iterator that returns accumulated sums. Elements may be any addable
+ type including :class:`Decimal` or :class:`Fraction`. Equivalent to::
+
+ def accumulate(iterable):
+ 'Return running totals'
+ # accumulate([1,2,3,4,5]) --> 1 3 6 10 15
+ it = iter(iterable)
+ total = next(it)
+ yield total
+ for element in it:
+ total = total + element
+ yield total
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.2
.. function:: chain(*iterables)
@@ -560,8 +577,8 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
.. _itertools-recipes:
-Recipes
--------
+Itertools Recipes
+-----------------
This section shows recipes for creating an extended toolset using the existing
itertools as building blocks.
@@ -653,6 +670,12 @@ which incur interpreter overhead.
pending -= 1
nexts = cycle(islice(nexts, pending))
+ def partition(pred, iterable):
+ 'Use a predicate to partition entries into false entries and true entries'
+ # 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 powerset(iterable):
"powerset([1,2,3]) --> () (1,) (2,) (3,) (1,2) (1,3) (2,3) (1,2,3)"
s = list(iterable)