unique_justseen

class iteration_utilities.unique_justseen(iterable, key=None)

List unique elements, preserving order. Remember only the element just seen.

Parameters:
iterableiterable

Iterable to check.

keycallable or None, optional

If None the values are taken as they are. If it’s a callable the callable is applied to the value before comparing it. Default is None.

Returns:
iterablegenerator

An iterable containing all unique values just seen in the iterable.

Examples

>>> from iteration_utilities import unique_justseen
>>> list(unique_justseen('AAAABBBCCDAABBB'))
['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'A', 'B']
>>> list(unique_justseen('ABBCcAD', str.lower))
['A', 'B', 'C', 'A', 'D']
key

(callable or None) The key function (readonly).

New in version 0.6.

lastseen

(any type) The last seen item (readonly).

New in version 0.6.