replicate¶

class iteration_utilities.replicate(iterable, times)¶

Replicates each item in the iterable for times times.

Parameters

iterableiterable: The iterable which contains the elements to be replicated.
timespositive int: The number of times each element is replicated.

Returns

repeated_iterablegenerator: A generator containing the replicated items from iterable.

Examples

>>> from iteration_utilities import replicate
>>> ''.join(replicate('abc', 3))
'aaabbbccc'

>>> list(replicate(range(3), 5))
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2]

__length_hint__()¶: Tries to estimate for the length of the instance (returns 0 if an estimation is not possible).

current¶

(any type) The item that is currently replicated (readonly).

Only available if an item has been replicated.

New in version 0.6.

times¶: (int) The number of times each item is replicated (readonly).

New in version 0.6.

timescurrent¶: (int) A counter indicating how often the current item was already replicated (readonly).

New in version 0.6.