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Is there a way to use itertools with conditions for sets and arbitrary length?
I'm trying to create a list of subsets that add to a particular sum (e.g. 12), but with a limit on the occurrences of some of the terms.
The base set to iterate on is {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}. I'm trying to ...
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Cartesian product for both keys and values of a dictionary?
I need to get the Cartesian product of a dictionary {str: Fraction} with itself, but currently need to "loop" through the dict twice, once for the keys and once for the values.
The ...
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How can I remove only consecutive duplicate elements from a larger list in Python? [duplicate]
I have a list of elements where I want to remove only consecutive duplicates, not all duplicates.
For example:
data = [1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1]
I want to get:
[1, 2, 3, 1]
This is different from using ...
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Performance of list.extend slice vs islice
It seems that even when islice would theoretically be better, in practice, it is slower than just using slice. So I am a bit puzzled by the difference in performance between the usage of slice and ...
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Create all possible outcomes from numpy matrices that show disjoints and subsets
Let's assume there is an event and within this event there are multiple outcomes that can co-exist.
An example would be a tennis game where A plays against B and B serves. A couple of possible ...
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How to create possible sets of n numbers from m-sized prime number list?
Input: a list of m prime numbers (with possible repetition), and integers n and t.
Output: all sets of n numbers, where each set is formed by partitioning the input into n parts, and taking the ...
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What's the fastest way of skipping tuples with a certain structure in a itertool product?
I have to process a huge number of tuples made by k integers, each ranging from 1 to Max_k.
Each Max can be different.
I need to skip the tuples where an element has reached is max value, in that case ...
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How do I use a custom mapping (sort) on my itertools for loop so that I can print specific strings first?
I'm using python itertools specifically to generate combinations of integer strings. I have already created the loop that will loop through the combinations one at a time. I just need someone to help ...
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Tupe video clips list, the other matching durations. Itertools can find triplets that total 90 sec from duration list. Want to print clip names
I can get the triplets with iteration tools in durations list but I want to get matching clips from spots list. Tried to marry two list but dont know how to apply iteration combo on one part of the ...
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Dealing with `StopIteration` return from a next() call in Python
I'm using the below to skip a group of records when a certain condition is met:
if (condition met):
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[next(it) for x in range(19)]
Where it is an itertuples object created to speed up ...
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Python itertools product aborting
When running the code below, python aborts and closes the python prompt:
>>> import itertools
>>> nComb = 2
>>> t = range(nComb)
>>> combs = list(itertools.product(...
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Type hint for itertools.product doesn't know length of elements
I am adding type hints to an old code of mine. However, I find with a "problem" I don't know how to solve. I have a function that looks like:
def f(x: tuple[tuple[int, int], ...]):
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Efficiently Handling Large Combinations in Polars Without Overloading RAM
I have a list of n values (in my case, n=19), and I want to generate all possible combinations of these values. My goal is to use each combination as a filter for a Polars DataFrame, iterate over the ...
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Finding number of differences between strings in Polars
I have a Polars dataframe in which the cells contain a sequence of single digits as a string of characters, and I want to find the number of differences between the elements of the string. For example:...
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Is there an iterator in Python that gives the product but omits permutations of the classes itself?
Assume that I want to assign a color to 5 different balls and have 3 colors r,b and g. I would like to iterate over all these combinations. Preferably I would want to omit combinations that are equal ...
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