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* bpo-30538: Update count() in Functional HOWTO

* bpo-30538: Update enumerate() arguments in Functional HOWTO
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csabella authored and rhettinger committed Jun 4, 2017
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[0, 2, 4, 6, 8]


:func:`enumerate(iter) <enumerate>` counts off the elements in the iterable,
returning 2-tuples containing the count and each element. ::
:func:`enumerate(iter, start=0) <enumerate>` counts off the elements in the
iterable returning 2-tuples containing the count (from *start*) and
each element. ::

>>> for item in enumerate(['subject', 'verb', 'object']):
... print(item)
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Creating new iterators
----------------------

:func:`itertools.count(n) <itertools.count>` returns an infinite stream of
integers, increasing by 1 each time. You can optionally supply the starting
number, which defaults to 0::
:func:`itertools.count(start, step) <itertools.count>` returns an infinite
stream of evenly spaced values. You can optionally supply the starting number,
which defaults to 0, and the interval between numbers, which defaults to 1::

itertools.count() =>
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ...
itertools.count(10) =>
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, ...
itertools.count(10, 5) =>
10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, ...

:func:`itertools.cycle(iter) <itertools.cycle>` saves a copy of the contents of
a provided iterable and returns a new iterator that returns its elements from
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for i in [1,2,3]:
product *= i

A related function is `itertools.accumulate(iterable, func=operator.add) <itertools.accumulate`.
It performs the same calculation, but instead of returning only the
final result, :func:`accumulate` returns an iterator that also yields
each partial result::
A related function is :func:`itertools.accumulate(iterable, func=operator.add)
<itertools.accumulate>`. It performs the same calculation, but instead of
returning only the final result, :func:`accumulate` returns an iterator that
also yields each partial result::

itertools.accumulate([1,2,3,4,5]) =>
1, 3, 6, 10, 15
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Documentation for the :mod:`itertools` module.

Documentation for the :mod:`functools` module.

Documentation for the :mod:`operator` module.

:pep:`289`: "Generator Expressions"
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