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Comprehensions & generators

List/dict/set comprehensions, generator expressions, and lazy iteration.

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How to Send Values into a Python Generator Coroutine

Use the .send() method to pass values into a running generator coroutine and capture them.

generators coroutines yield
Python
def coroutine():
    received = []
    while True:
        value = yield
        received.append(value)
        print(f"Coroutine received: {value}")
        if value == "stop":
            break
    return received

if __name__ == "__main__":
    gen = coroutine()
    next(gen)  # Prime the generator
    gen.send("he…
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Merge Sorted Iterators with a Heap Generator in Python

Merge multiple sorted iterators into a single sorted stream using a heap and generator, yielding values lazily in order.

heapq generator merge
Python
import heapq

def merge_sorted_iterators(*iterators):
    heap = []
    for idx, iterator in enumerate(iterators):
        try:
            value = next(iterator)
            heapq.heappush(heap, (value, idx, iterator))
        except StopIteration:
            continue

    while heap:
        value, idx, iterator = …
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