Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> >>> pairs = (test[i:i+2] for i in xrange(len(test)-1))
> >> >>> for a,b in pairs:
> >> ... print a,b
> >
> > for a, b in zip(test, test[1:]):
> > print a, b
>
> May be unfortunately slow if test is half a gigabyte of data, what with
> essentially making three copies of it. Lazy procedures like the generator
> expression above are often much better.
Untested:
from itertools import izip, islice
for a,b in izip(test, islice(test,1,None)):
print a,b
seems more natural.
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