#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright 2014 Brett Slatkin, Pearson Education Inc. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. # Preamble to mimick book environment import logging from pprint import pprint from sys import stdout as STDOUT # Example 1 def index_words(text): result = [] if text: result.append(0) for index, letter in enumerate(text): if letter == ' ': result.append(index + 1) return result # Example 2 address = 'Four score and seven years ago...' address = 'Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.' result = index_words(address) print(result[:3]) # Example 3 def index_words_iter(text): if text: yield 0 for index, letter in enumerate(text): if letter == ' ': yield index + 1 # Example 4 result = list(index_words_iter(address)) print(result[:3]) # Example 5 def index_file(handle): offset = 0 for line in handle: if line: yield offset for letter in line: offset += 1 if letter == ' ': yield offset # Example 6 address_lines = """Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.""" with open('address.txt', 'w') as f: f.write(address_lines) from itertools import islice with open('address.txt', 'r') as f: it = index_file(f) results = islice(it, 0, 3) print(list(results))