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How to filter a generator with a predicate function in Python

This code defines a generator function that yields only items from an iterable that satisfy a given predicate, then tests it with even and positive number filters.

generators filtering lazy evaluation
Python
def filter_gen(predicate, iterable):
    for item in iterable:
        if predicate(item):
            yield item

def is_even(num):
    return num % 2 == 0

def is_positive(num):
    return num > 0

if __name__ == "__main__":
    numbers = range(-5, 10)
    
    even_numbers = list(filter_gen(is_even, numbers))
    p…
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How to Use multiprocessing Pool map and starmap in Python

Parallelize functions over iterables with Pool.map, and unpack multiple arguments via Pool.starmap.

multiprocessing parallelism pool
Python
from multiprocessing import Pool


def square(x):
    return x * x


def add_and_multiply(a, b, c):
    return (a + b) * c


if __name__ == "__main__":
    numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
    with Pool(processes=2) as pool:
        squares = pool.map(square, numbers)
        print(f"squares: {squares}")

        starmap_arg…
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