Day 23 of 100DaysOfCode: Simple Code On Python Generator

Today is my 23 day of #100DaysOfCode and #python. Like yesterday today I also revised python for everybody from coursera and learned more about basic of python.

I had tried to write some code in mathematical problem regarding to python. Today I have start to learn about python generator. Try to write some simple code on python generator. I found python generator are similar to python function but there are some dissimilarity of them.

Simple Code On Python Generator

Simply speaking a generator is a function that return an object(iterator) which we can iterate over one value at a time. It is fairly simple to create a generator in python .It is as easy as defining a normal functions, but with a yield statement instead of return statement .

def my_gen():
    n = 1
    print('This is printed first')
    yield n


    n += 1
    print('This is printed second')
    yield n

    n += 1
    print('This is printed at last')
    yield n

for item in my_gen():
    print(item)

If a function contains at least one yield statement (it may contain other yield or return statements) it become a generator function. Both yield and return will return some value from a function.

The difference is that while a return statement terminates a function entirely, yield statement pauses the function saving all its states and later continues from there on successive call.

def rev_str(my_str):
    length = len(my_str)
    for i in range(length - 1, -1, -1):
        yield my_str[i]
for char in rev_str("hello"):
    print(char)

Once the function yields, the function is paused and the control is transferred to the caller. Local variable and their states are remembered between successive calls. Finally , when the function terminates, stopIteration is raised automatically on further calls.

a = my_gen()
next(a) ,next(a), next(a)

When this code is run it gives following output.

This is printed second
This is printed at last
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
StopIteration                             Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-57-b3ab980ac96b> in <module>
----> 1 next(a) ,next(a), next(a)

StopIteration: 

Day 23 of #100DaysOfCode and #Python
* Revised Python Basic
* Did some code in mathematical problem regarding to python
* Learned about python Generator
* Some simple code in python Generator pic.twitter.com/1UsiOFdsWG

— Durga Pokharel (@mathdurga) January 16, 2021