>>> g = (x for x in range(10))
>>> g
<generator object <genexpr> at 0x7fac1c1e6aa0>
>>> g.next()
0
>>> g.next()
1
>>> g.next()
2
>>> list(g) # force iterating the rest
[3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
>>> g.next() # iterator is at the end; calling next again will throw
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
StopIteration
>>> g = (n for n in range(3, 5))
>>> next(g)
3
>>> next(g)
4
>>> next(g)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
StopIteration
>>> def fib():
... a, b = 0, 1
... while True:
... yield a
... a, b = b, a + b
...
>>> import itertools
>>> list(itertools.islice(fib(), 10))
[0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34]
def numbers():
for i in range(10):
yield i
gen = numbers() #this line only returns a generator object, it does not run the code defined inside numbers
for i in gen: #we iterate over the generator and the values are printed
print(i)
#the generator is now empty
for i in gen: #so this for block does not print anything
print(i)