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Tag Archives: Collatz conjecture

Python Generators, part 2

23 Tuesday Nov 2021

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Python

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Collatz conjecture, Python 101, Python code, Python generator

Last time I began exploring Python generator functions. I mostly covered their basic function as iterables, and why they’re good in for-loops. They’re also good for infinite lists. Much of their value lies in how they defer processing an item until it is actually asked for.

This time I’ll dig into the send method, which allows sending messages to a running generator. I’ll also introduce the yield from statement, which allows us to wrap a generator with another function that also acts like a generator.

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Number Games #1

22 Friday Mar 2019

Posted by Wyrd Smythe in Fun

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Collatz conjecture, multiplicative persistence, Python code

This is a companion post to the Math Games #1 post on my main blog.

Here I present some code (Python, of course) for exploring the first two games, multiplicative persistence and the Collatz conjecture.

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