Functional Python Programming

The itertools recipes

The itertools chapter of the Python library documentation, Itertools Recipes, is outstanding. The basic definitions are followed by a series of recipes that are extremely clear and helpful. Since there's no reason to reproduce these, we'll reference them here. They should be considered as required reading on functional programming in Python.

Note

10.1.2 section, Itertools Recipes of Python Standard Library, is a wonderful resource. See

https://docs.python.org/3/library/itertools.html#itertools-recipes.

It's important to note that these aren't importable functions in the itertools modules. A recipe needs to be read and understood and then, perhaps, copied or modified before inclusion in an application.

The following table summarizes ...