Introduction

IterTools

Installation

Install this package with Pkg.add("IterTools")

Usage

distinct(xs)

Iterate through values skipping over those already encountered.

IterTools.distinctFunction.
distinct(xs)

Iterate through values skipping over those already encountered.

julia> for i in distinct([1,1,2,1,2,4,1,2,3,4])
           @show i
       end
i = 1
i = 2
i = 4
i = 3
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firstrest(xs)

Return first element and Iterators.rest iterator as a tuple.

IterTools.firstrestFunction.
firstrest(xs) -> (f, r)

Return the first element and an iterator of the rest as a tuple.

See also: Base.Iterators.peel.

julia> f, r = firstrest(1:3)
(1, Base.Iterators.Rest{UnitRange{Int64},Int64}(1:3, 1))

julia> collect(r)
2-element Array{Int64,1}:
 2
 3
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groupby(f, xs)

Group consecutive values that share the same result of applying f.

IterTools.groupbyFunction.
groupby(f, xs)

Group consecutive values that share the same result of applying f.

julia> for i in groupby(x -> x[1], ["face", "foo", "bar", "book", "baz", "zzz"])
           @show i
       end
i = ["face", "foo"]
i = ["bar", "book", "baz"]
i = ["zzz"]
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imap(f, xs1, [xs2, ...])

Iterate over values of a function applied to successive values from one or more iterators.

IterTools.imapFunction.
imap(f, xs1, [xs2, ...])

Iterate over values of a function applied to successive values from one or more iterators. Like Iterators.zip, the iterator is done when any of the input iterators have been exhausted.

julia> for i in imap(+, [1,2,3], [4,5,6])
            @show i
       end
i = 5
i = 7
i = 9
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iterated(f, x)

Iterate over successive applications of f, as in x, f(x), f(f(x)), f(f(f(x))), ....

IterTools.iteratedFunction.
iterated(f, x)

Iterate over successive applications of f, as in x, f(x), f(f(x)), f(f(f(x))), ...

Use Base.Iterators.take() to obtain the required number of elements.

julia> for i in Iterators.take(iterated(x -> 2x, 1), 5)
           @show i
       end
i = 1
i = 2
i = 4
i = 8
i = 16

julia> for i in Iterators.take(iterated(sqrt, 100), 6)
           @show i
       end
i = 100
i = 10.0
i = 3.1622776601683795
i = 1.7782794100389228
i = 1.333521432163324
i = 1.1547819846894583
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ncycle(xs, n)

Cycles through an iterator n times.

IterTools.ncycleFunction.
ncycle(iter, n)

Cycle through iter n times.

julia> for i in ncycle(1:3, 2)
           @show i
       end
i = 1
i = 2
i = 3
i = 1
i = 2
i = 3
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nth(xs, n)

Return the nth element of xs.

IterTools.nthFunction.
nth(xs, n)

Return the nth element of xs. This is mostly useful for non-indexable collections.

julia> mersenne = Set([3, 7, 31, 127])
Set([7, 31, 3, 127])

julia> nth(mersenne, 3)
3
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partition(xs, n, [step])

Group values into n-tuples.

IterTools.partitionFunction.
partition(xs, n, [step])

Group values into n-tuples.

julia> for i in partition(1:9, 3)
           @show i
       end
i = (1, 2, 3)
i = (4, 5, 6)
i = (7, 8, 9)

If the step parameter is set, each tuple is separated by step values.

julia> for i in partition(1:9, 3, 2)
           @show i
       end
i = (1, 2, 3)
i = (3, 4, 5)
i = (5, 6, 7)
i = (7, 8, 9)

julia> for i in partition(1:9, 3, 3)
           @show i
       end
i = (1, 2, 3)
i = (4, 5, 6)
i = (7, 8, 9)

julia> for i in partition(1:9, 2, 3)
           @show i
       end
i = (1, 2)
i = (4, 5)
i = (7, 8)
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ivec(xs)

Iterate over xs but do not preserve shape information.

IterTools.ivecFunction.
ivec(iter)

Drops all shape from iter while iterating. Like a non-materializing version of vec.

julia> m = collect(reshape(1:6, 2, 3))
2×3 Array{Int64,2}:
 1  3  5
 2  4  6

julia> collect(ivec(m))
6-element Array{Int64,1}:
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
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peekiter(xs)

Peek at the head element of an iterator without updating the state.

IterTools.peekiterFunction.
peekiter(xs)

Lets you peek at the head element of an iterator without updating the state.

julia> it = peekiter(["face", "foo", "bar", "book", "baz", "zzz"])
IterTools.PeekIter{Array{String,1}}(["face", "foo", "bar", "book", "baz", "zzz"])

julia> @show peek(it);
peek(it) = Some("face")

julia> @show peek(it);
peek(it) = Some("face")

julia> x, s = iterate(it)
("face", ("foo", 3))

julia> @show x;
x = "face"

julia> @show peek(it, s);
peek(it, s) = Some("foo")
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repeatedly(f, [n])

Call a function n times, or infinitely if n is omitted.

IterTools.repeatedlyFunction.
repeatedly(f)
repeatedly(f, n)

Call function f n times, or infinitely if n is omitted.

julia> t() = (sleep(0.1); Dates.millisecond(now()))
t (generic function with 1 method)

julia> collect(repeatedly(t, 5))
5-element Array{Any,1}:
 993
  97
 200
 303
 408
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takenth(xs, n)

Iterate through every n'th element of xs

IterTools.takenthFunction.
takenth(xs, n)

Iterate through every nth element of xs.

julia> collect(takenth(5:15,3))
3-element Array{Int64,1}:
  7
 10
 13
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subsets(xs, [k])

Iterate over every subset of an indexable collection xs, or iterate over every subset of size k from an indexable collection xs.

IterTools.subsetsFunction.
subsets(xs)
subsets(xs, k)
subsets(xs, Val{k}())

Iterate over every subset of the indexable collection xs. You can restrict the subsets to a specific size k.

Giving the subset size in the form Val{k}() allows the compiler to produce code optimized for the particular size requested. This leads to performance comparable to hand-written loops if k is small and known at compile time, but may or may not improve performance otherwise.

julia> for i in subsets([1, 2, 3])
          @show i
       end
i = Int64[]
i = [1]
i = [2]
i = [1, 2]
i = [3]
i = [1, 3]
i = [2, 3]
i = [1, 2, 3]

julia> for i in subsets(1:4, 2)
          @show i
       end
i = [1, 2]
i = [1, 3]
i = [1, 4]
i = [2, 3]
i = [2, 4]
i = [3, 4]

julia> for i in subsets(1:4, Val{2}())
           @show i
       end
i = (1, 2)
i = (1, 3)
i = (1, 4)
i = (2, 3)
i = (2, 4)
i = (3, 4)
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takestrict(xs, n)

Equivalent to take, but will throw an exception if fewer than n items are encountered in xs.

IterTools.takestrictFunction.
takestrict(xs, n::Int)

Like take(), an iterator that generates at most the first n elements of xs, but throws an exception if fewer than n items are encountered in xs.

julia> a = :1:2:11
1:2:11

julia> collect(takestrict(a, 3))
3-element Array{Int64,1}:
 1
 3
 5
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takewhile(cond, xs)

Iterates through values from the iterable xs as long as a given predicate cond is true.

IterTools.takewhileFunction.
takewhile(cond, xs)

An iterator that yields values from the iterator xs as long as the predicate cond is true.

julia> collect(takewhile(x-> x^2 < 10, 1:100))
3-element Array{Int64,1}:
 1
 2
 3
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flagfirst(xs)

Provide a flag to check if this is the first element.

IterTools.flagfirstFunction.
flagfirst(iter)

An iterator that yields (isfirst, x) where isfirst::Bool is true for the first element, and false after that, while the xs are elements from iter.

julia> collect(flagfirst(1:3))
3-element Array{Tuple{Bool,Int64},1}:
 (true, 1)
 (false, 2)
 (false, 3)
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IterTools.@ifsomething

Helper macro for returning from the enclosing block when there are no more elements.

IterTools.@ifsomething expr

If expr evaluates to nothing, equivalent to return nothing, otherwise the macro evaluates to the value of expr. Not exported, useful for implementing iterators.

julia> IterTools.@ifsomething iterate(1:2)
(1, 1)

julia> let elt, state = IterTools.@ifsomething iterate(1:2, 2); println("not reached"); end
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properties(x)

Iterate over struct or named tuple properties.

IterTools.propertiesFunction.
properties(x)

Iterate through the names and value of the properties of x.

julia> collect(properties(1 + 2im))
2-element Array{Any,1}:
 (:re, 1)
 (:im, 2)
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propertyvalues(x)

Iterate over struct or named tuple property values.

propertyvalues

fieldvalues(x)

Like (getfield(x, i) for i in 1:nfields(x)) but faster.

IterTools.fieldvaluesFunction.
fieldvalues(x)

Iterate through the values of the fields of x.

julia> collect(fieldvalues(1 + 2im))
2-element Array{Any,1}:
 1
 2
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