On 2006-06-09, Rob Cowie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wish to generate a sequence of the form 'aaa', 'aab', aac'.... 'aba',
> 'abb', 'abc' etc. all the way to 'zzz'.
>
> How would you construct a generator to acheive this?
>
> A simple, working but somewhat inelegant solution is...
>
> alpha = ['a','b','c','d'] #shortened for brevity
> alpha2 = ['a','b','c','d']
> alpha3 = ['a','b','c','d']
>
> def generator():
> for char in alpha:
> for char2 in alpha2:
> for char3 in alpha3:
> yield char + char2 + char3
Why three separate lists? Why not
alpha = ['a','b','c','d'] #shortened for brevity
def generator():
for char in alpha:
for char2 in alpha:
for char3 in alpha:
yield char + char2 + char3
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