Re: Take the first n items of an iterator

2009-01-04 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:55:17 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

 I thought there was an iterator in itertools for taking the first n
 items of an iterator, then halting, but I can't find it. Did I imagine
 such a tool, or am I missing something?

`itertools.islice()`

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Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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Re: Take the first n items of an iterator

2009-01-04 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:10:05 +, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:

 On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:55:17 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
 
 I thought there was an iterator in itertools for taking the first n
 items of an iterator, then halting, but I can't find it. Did I imagine
 such a tool, or am I missing something?
 
 `itertools.islice()`


Thanks Marc, time to check my glasses I think, I must have looked at that 
a dozen times and didn't draw the connection.


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