Ok, this is really irritating me. I'm sure there are different ways of
doing this - I'm interested in the algo, not the practical solution,
I'm more trying to play with iterators and recursion. I want to create
a program that generates every possible combination of a set of a n
dice, with s sides.
so I started with an iterator
class die(object):
def __init__(self,s ides):
self.sides = range(1,sides+1 )
def __iter__(self):
return self
def next(self):
self.sides = self.sides[1:] + [self.sides[0]]
return self.sides[-1]
now my thought was to create a recursive function to iterate through
all the dice combinations. Unfortunately.. . I'm coming up with a dead
end. I've tried working it out with different version of the die, ie
one that doesn't loop infinitely, but instead takes a starting
position. A vaiety of things, and yet I can't find a nice recursive
function that falls out of the die class.
Any ideas? or better terms to google? cuz I've tried.
Thanks
May 27 '06
16 3563
Scott David Daniels wrote: This works with "iterables" (and produces), rather than "iterators" , which is vital to the operation.
--Scott David Daniels sc***********@a cm.org
Sorry, it doesn't. It works with strings. It doesn't work with file,
it doesn't work with iterators I have created.
I have been using file objects as my test iterables for now - forgoing
any complications in my own iterables. such that my test bed has been:
f = open('word.txt' )
f2 = open('word2.txt ')
f3 = open('word3.txt ')
for combo in [testable function here]
print combo
Each file contains the letter a through g on, with each letter on a
line. At least I don't feel as bad anymore. My first attempts
generate the same output, and a couple of my earlier attempts work
quite nicely with lists, and similar things. But I can't find anthing
that works generically with any iterable, nor anything that works with
generators. ak*********@gma il.com wrote: Scott David Daniels wrote:
This works with "iterables" (and produces), rather than "iterators" , which is vital to the operation.
--Scott David Daniels sc***********@a cm.org
Sorry, it doesn't. It works with strings. It doesn't work with file, it doesn't work with iterators I have created.
Sorry, "re-iterables". A file re-iterable is:
class FileReIterable( object):
def __init__(self, file):
if isinstance(file , basestring):
self.file = open(file, 'rU')
else:
self.file = file
def __iter__(self):
self.file.seek( 0)
return iter(self.file)
This works if-and-only-if it is only in use once at a time.
If you have multiple simultaneous accesses, you need to do
something like:
class FileReIterable2 (object):
def __init__(self, file):
if isinstance(file , basestring):
self.file = open(file, 'rU')
else:
self.file = file
def __iter__(self):
self.file.seek( 0)
for line in self.file:
nextpos = self.file.tell( )
yield line
self.file.seek( nextpos)
--Scott David Daniels sc***********@a cm.org
Scott David Daniels wrote: Sorry, "re-iterables". A file re-iterable is:
class FileReIterable( object): def __init__(self, file): if isinstance(file , basestring): self.file = open(file, 'rU') else: self.file = file def __iter__(self): self.file.seek( 0) return iter(self.file)
This works if-and-only-if it is only in use once at a time. If you have multiple simultaneous accesses, you need to do something like:
class FileReIterable2 (object): def __init__(self, file): if isinstance(file , basestring): self.file = open(file, 'rU') else: self.file = file def __iter__(self): self.file.seek( 0) for line in self.file: nextpos = self.file.tell( ) yield line self.file.seek( nextpos)
--Scott David Daniels sc***********@a cm.org
Since I was doing this as a self education excercise. When you say is
in use once and only once, you mean I can only use a single instance of
the class? I haven't even tested these yet, but I am very curious
about that statement. Why is it necessary to return a generator object
in the second example? If it's a real long explanation, feel free to
point me to some relvant texts. My practical problem was solved about
10 posts ago... but I am still trying to understand the behavior.
Thank you for you time.
AK ak*********@gma il.com wrote: Scott David Daniels wrote: Sorry, "re-iterables". A file re-iterable is:
class FileReIterable( object): ... def __iter__(self): self.file.seek( 0) return iter(self.file)
This works if-and-only-if it is only in use once at a time. If you have multiple simultaneous accesses, you need to do something like:
class FileReIterable2 (object): ... def __iter__(self): self.file.seek( 0) for line in self.file: nextpos = self.file.tell( ) yield line self.file.seek( nextpos)
Since I was doing this as a self education excercise. When you say is in use once and only once, you mean I can only use a single instance of the class?
No. This works:
f1 = FileReIterable( "one.file")
f2 = FileReIterable( "another.fi le")
... free uses of ...
This does not "work":
gen = FileReIterable( "one.file")
for a in gen:
for b in gen:
print a, b
This does "work":
gen = FileReIterable2 ("one.file")
for a in gen:
for b in gen:
print a, b
That is, any instance of FileReIterable must not be used in a
context where it may be in the midst of iterating a file, gets
used to produce a result, and then must produce a result from
the original iteration.
If you think about what must happen to the file read pointer,
the reason for all of this should become clear.
--Scott David Daniels sc***********@a cm.org
Scott David Daniels wrote: ak*********@gma il.com wrote: Scott David Daniels wrote: Sorry, "re-iterables". A file re-iterable is:
class FileReIterable( object): ... def __iter__(self): self.file.seek( 0) return iter(self.file)
This works if-and-only-if it is only in use once at a time. If you have multiple simultaneous accesses, you need to do something like:
class FileReIterable2 (object): ... def __iter__(self): self.file.seek( 0) for line in self.file: nextpos = self.file.tell( ) yield line self.file.seek( nextpos)
Since I was doing this as a self education excercise. When you say is in use once and only once, you mean I can only use a single instance of the class? No. This works:
f1 = FileReIterable( "one.file") f2 = FileReIterable( "another.fi le") ... free uses of ...
This does not "work":
gen = FileReIterable( "one.file")
for a in gen: for b in gen: print a, b
This does "work":
gen = FileReIterable2 ("one.file")
for a in gen: for b in gen: print a, b
That is, any instance of FileReIterable must not be used in a context where it may be in the midst of iterating a file, gets used to produce a result, and then must produce a result from the original iteration.
If you think about what must happen to the file read pointer, the reason for all of this should become clear.
--Scott David Daniels sc***********@a cm.org
Thanks for the explanation, the issue of the file pointer was pretty
clear - it's why I created multiple files. I just misunderstood what
you meant by use only one. What I did miss at first was the fact that
the file object is not re-iterable. Just plain dumb oversite.
Of course in the end I'm actually more concerned with writing my own
iterators or generators. I was to busy thinking my errors were in the
recursion to look at the iterable/reiterable issue. This is a working
version of the die class I started this thread with.
class die(object):
def __init__(self,s ides):
self.sides=side s
self.next = 1
def next(self):
if self.next <= self.sides:
current = self.next
self.next +=1
return current
else:
self.next=1
raise StopIteration
def __iter__(self):
return self
In article <44********@nnt p0.pdx.net>,
Scott David Daniels <sc***********@ acm.org> wrote: This works if-and-only-if it is only in use once at a time. If you have multiple simultaneous accesses, you need to do something like:
class FileReIterable2 (object): def __init__(self, file): if isinstance(file , basestring): self.file = open(file, 'rU') else: self.file = file def __iter__(self): self.file.seek( 0) for line in self.file: nextpos = self.file.tell( ) yield line self.file.seek( nextpos)
Hmm - I tried this with 'one.file' being just the lower case letters,
one per line:
class FileReIterable2 (object):
def __init__(self, file):
if isinstance(file , basestring):
self.file = open(file, 'rU')
else:
self.file = file
def __iter__(self):
self.file.seek( 0)
for line in self.file:
nextpos = self.file.tell( )
yield line
self.file.seek( nextpos)
gen = FileReIterable2 ("one.file")
for a in gen:
for b in gen:
print " ", a.strip(), b.strip()
gen = FileReIterable2 ("one.file")
for a in gen:
for b in gen:
print a.strip(), b.strip()
which didn't produce lines 'a a', 'a b', etc. It produced the single
line 'a a', then stopped. A judicious proint or two showed that after
the first execution of 'for line in self.file:', the file pointer was
at EOF, not at 2, as one would expect.
Rewriting the __iter__ method to not internally iterate over the file
object, as follows, works - it now generates
a a
....
a z
b a
....
z z
class FileReIterable2 (object):
def __init__(self, file):
self.file = open(file, 'rU')
def __iter__(self):
self.file.seek( 0)
while True:
line = self.file.readl ine()
if line == '': raise StopIteration
nextpos = self.file.tell( )
yield line
self.file.seek( nextpos)
--
Jim Segrave (je*@jes-2.demon.nl)
Jim Segrave wrote: In article <44********@nnt p0.pdx.net>, Scott David Daniels <sc***********@ acm.org> wrote: class FileReIterable2 (object): ... def __iter__(self): self.file.seek( 0) for line in self.file: nextpos = self.file.tell( ) yield line self.file.seek( nextpos) Hmm - I tried this with 'one.file' being ... letters, one per line:
gen = FileReIterable2 ("one.file") for a in gen: for b in gen: print a.strip(), b.strip()
which didn't produce lines 'a a', 'a b', etc. It produced the single line 'a a', then stopped....
Oops. This works in Python 2.5 (and later) because the file.tell and
file.seek code are aware of the file iteration buffering. Since I am
trying to test all of my stuff on 2.5, that is what I am using by
default.
Rewriting the __iter__ method to not internally iterate over the file object, as follows, works ....
class FileReIterable2 (object): ... def __iter__(self): self.file.seek( 0) while True: line = self.file.readl ine() if line == '': raise StopIteration nextpos = self.file.tell( ) yield line self.file.seek( nextpos)
This fix does in fact provide working behavior for Pythons before 2.5.
--Scott David Daniels sc***********@a cm.org This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics |
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