Alternative to Yield in Python

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Is there an alternative (even if longer) method of writing the yield part of this code? I'm not very familiar with the function and would rather keep it simple.

for i in range(0, len(lstInput) - intCount + 1):
    if intCount == 1:
        yield [lstInput[i]]
    else:
        current = lstInput[i]
        remainder = lstInput[i+1:]
        for rest in yieldLotto(remainder, intCount - 1):
            yield [current] + rest

Seriously, though, yield is not complex. Just take the 20 minutes to learn it completely and you'll never worry about it again. @jwodder's SO link is perfect and even has some links to slideshows if I remember correctly. (It's how I learned yield). — woot
– woot, Commented May 27, 2014 at 4:52

woot · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-27 04:47:48Z

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The alternative is to either embed the loops into your calling program, or to change it to return a list. This means everything will be going into memory, though.

def foo():
    return_list = []
    for i in range(0, len(lstInput) - intCount + 1):
        if intCount == 1:
            return_list.append([lstInput[i]])
        else:
            current = lstInput[i]
            remainder = lstInput[i+1:]
            for rest in yieldLotto(remainder, intCount - 1):
                return_list.append([current] + rest)
    return return_list

Honestly though, I think yield is better and it's an important feature of Python. I suggest learning it.

answered May 27, 2014 at 4:47

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