3.3 - Generators and Generator Functions
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Practice Questions
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What is a generator in Python?
💡 Hint: Think about iterators and how they work.
How do you start executing a generator function?
💡 Hint: What does 'next()' do in general?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the purpose of the 'yield' keyword in Python?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when a function uses 'yield' versus 'return'.
True or False: Generators are memory-efficient because they compute all values at once.
💡 Hint: How does a traditional list differ from a generator?
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Challenge Problems
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Create a generator that yields the Fibonacci sequence indefinitely. How would you modify it to stop if the number exceeds a certain limit?
💡 Hint: Consider the logic of the Fibonacci sequence and how to use two previous values to create the next.
Write a generator that takes a list and yields only the even numbers. How would you then use 'yield from' to handle a second list of numbers?
💡 Hint: Think about how you can create stages in your data processing pipelines.
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