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    Python provides functions that return iterables and iterators. Iterators perform lazy evaluation and can only be iterated over once, while iterables can be iterated over many times. It is important to know whether an object is an iterable or iterator because iterables allow multiple iterations but iterators only allow single iteration. Examples of iterators include those returned by range, zip, enumerate and opening a file, while dictionary key, value, and item methods return iterables.

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    Python provides functions that return iterables and iterators. Iterators perform lazy evaluation and can only be iterated over once, while iterables can be iterated over many times. It is important to know whether an object is an iterable or iterator because iterables allow multiple iterations but iterators only allow single iteration. Examples of iterators include those returned by range, zip, enumerate and opening a file, while dictionary key, value, and item methods return iterables.

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    Python provides many functions that return iterables or iterators

    Additionally, the iterators perform lazy evaluation

    You should always be aware of whether you are dealing with an iterable or an iterator

    why? if an object is an iterable (but not an iterator) you can iterate over it many times

    if an object is an iterator you can iterate over it only once


    range(10) → iterable

    zip(l1, l2) → iterator

    enumerate(l1) → iterator

    open('cars.csv') → iterator

    dictionary .keys() → iterable

    dictionary .values() → iterable

    dictionary .items() → iterable

    and many more…


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