Calling a generator multiple times

[Bruce Eckel]

That's exactly what I was looking for! Always seeing list
comprehensions described as:
[i for i in foo where bar]
I didn't realized that the leftmost element in the comprehension
was actually evaluated.

Thanks! New insights into comprehensions...

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On 12/6/01 at 1:30 PM Mitch Chapman wrote:

>Bruce Eckel wrote:
>> 
>> I'm trying to create a clever way to call a generator multiple
>> times, but the only thing I've been able to come up with is:
>> 
>> import random
>> rgen = random.Random()
>> def itemGenerator(dummy):
>>   return rgen.choice(['one', 'two', 'three', 'four'])
>> 
>> print map(itemGenerator, [None]* 25)
>> 
>> This works, but it requires the 'dummy' argument which seems
>> inelegant. I'll bet someone has a better idea...
>
>If you're using a recent Python release (>= 2.1?) you could
>use list comprehensions:
>
>
>def itemGenerator():
>    return rgen.choice(['one', 'two', 'three', 'four'])
>
>print [itemGenerator() for i in range(25)]
>
>-- 
>Mitch Chapman
>Mitch.Chapman at bioreason.com
>-- 
>http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list



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