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Generator Function to Yield an Infinite Counter in Python

This code demonstrates a generator function that yields an infinite sequence of integers starting from a given value, allowing lazy, memory-efficient iteration.

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def infinite_counter(start=0):
    count = start
    while True:
        yield count
        count += 1

if __name__ == "__main__":
    counter = infinite_counter(5)
    for _ in range(5):
        print(next(counter))
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