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    Contents

    Generator...................................................................................................................................................1
    Generator Function in Python.................................................................................................................1
    Create a Generator in Python.................................................................................................................1
    Generator Object......................................................................................................................................2
    Python Generator Expression.................................................................................................................5
    Generator Expression Syntax.................................................................................................................5
    Applications of Generators in Python.....................................................................................................6

    Generator
    A Generator in Python is a function that returns an iterator using
    the Yield keyword.

    Generator Function in Python


    A generator function in Python is defined like a normal function,
    but whenever it needs to generate a value, it does so with the
    yield keyword rather than return. If the body of a def contains
    yield, the function automatically becomes a Python generator
    function.

    Create a Generator in Python


    In Python, we can create a generator function by simply using the
    def keyword and the yield keyword. The generator has the
    following syntax in Python:

    def function_name():
    yield statement
    In this example, we will create a simple generator that will yield
    three integers. Then we will print these integers by using Python
    for loop.
    # A generator function that yields 1 for first time,
    # 2 second time and 3 third time
    def simpleGeneratorFun():
    yield 1
    yield 2
    yield 3

    # Driver code to check above generator function


    for value in simpleGeneratorFun():
    print(value)

    Output:

    1
    2
    3

    Generator Object
    Python Generator functions return a generator object that is
    iterable, i.e., can be used as an Iterator. Generator objects are
    used either by calling the next method of the generator object or
    using the generator object in a “for in” loop.

    Example:
    In this example, we will create a simple generator function in
    Python to generate objects using the next() function.
    # A Python program to demonstrate use of
    # generator object with next()

    # A generator function
    def simpleGeneratorFun():
    yield 1
    yield 2
    yield 3

    # x is a generator object
    x = simpleGeneratorFun()

    # Iterating over the generator object using next

    # In Python 3, __next__()
    print(next(x))
    print(next(x))
    print(next(x))

    Output:

    1
    2
    3
    Example:
    In this example, we will create two generators for Fibonacci
    Numbers, first a simple generator and second generator using a
    for loop.
    # A simple generator for Fibonacci Numbers
    def fib(limit):
    # Initialize first two Fibonacci Numbers
    a, b = 0, 1

    # One by one yield next Fibonacci Number


    while a < limit:
    yield a
    a, b = b, a + b

    # Create a generator object


    x = fib(5)

    # Iterating over the generator object using next


    # In Python 3, __next__()
    print(next(x))
    print(next(x))
    print(next(x))
    print(next(x))
    print(next(x))

    # Iterating over the generator object using for


    # in loop.
    print("\nUsing for in loop")
    for i in fib(5):
    print(i)

    Output
    0
    1
    1
    2
    3

    Using for in loop


    0
    1
    1
    2
    3
    Python Generator Expression
    In Python, generator expression is another way of writing the
    generator function. It uses the Python list comprehension
    technique but instead of storing the elements in a list in memory,
    it creates generator objects.

    Generator Expression Syntax


    The generator expression in Python has the following Syntax:

    (expression for item in iterable)


    Example:
    In this example, we will create a generator object that will print the
    multiples of 5 between the range of 0 to 5 which are also divisible
    by 2.
    # generator expression
    generator_exp = (i * 5 for i in range(5) if i%2==0)

    for i in generator_exp:
    print(i)

    Output:

    0
    10
    20
    Applications of Generators in Python
    Suppose we create a stream of Fibonacci numbers, adopting the
    generator approach makes it trivial; we just have to call next(x) to
    get the next Fibonacci number without bothering about where or
    when the stream of numbers ends. A more practical type of
    stream processing is handling large data files such as log files.
    Generators provide a space-efficient method for such data
    processing as only partsA of the file are handled at one given
    point in time. We can also use Iterators for these purposes, but
    Generator provides a quick way (We don’t need to write __next__
    and __iter__ methods here).

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