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LearnPython/AdvancedTutorials/1_Generators.py
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# Generators
# Generators are very easy to implement, but a bit difficult to understand.
# Generators are used to create iterators, but with a different approach. Generators are simple functions which return an iterable set of items, one at a time, in a special way.
# When an iteration over a set of item starts using the for statement, the generator is run. Once the generator's function code reaches a "yield" statement, the generator yields its execution back to the for loop, returning a new value from the set. The generator function can generate as many values (possibly infinite) as it wants, yielding each one in its turn.
# Here is a simple example of a generator function which returns 7 random integers:
import random
def lottery():
# returns 6 numbers between 1 and 40
for i in range(6):
yield random.randint(1, 40)
# returns a 7th number between 1 and 15
yield random.randint(1, 15)
for random_number in lottery():
print("And the next number is... %d!" %(random_number))
import os
pathofcars = os.path.abspath("cars.csv")
def lineofCars(loc):
with open(loc,'r') as file:
for line in file:
yield line
text = lineofCars(pathofcars)
print(next(text))
print(next(text))
print(next(text))
#Change the values of two variables
a = 1
b = 2
a, b = b, a
print(a, b)
# Exercise
# Write a generator function which returns the Fibonacci series. They are calculated using the following formula: The first two numbers of the series is always equal to 1, and each consecutive number returned is the sum of the last two numbers. Hint: Can you use only two variables in the generator function? Remember that assignments can be done simultaneously. The code
# fill in this function
def fib():
pass #this is a null statement which does nothing when executed, useful as a placeholder.
a, b = 1, 1
for num in range(6):
a, b = b, a+b
yield a + b
# testing code
import types
if type(fib()) == types.GeneratorType:
print("Good, The fib function is a generator.")
counter = 0
for n in fib():
print(n)
counter += 1
if counter == 10:
break