'''http://ginstrom.com/scribbles/2007/10/08/design-patterns-python-style/''' """Implementation of the iterator pattern with a generator""" def count_to(count): """Counts by word numbers, up to a maximum of five""" numbers = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five"] # The zip keeps from counting over the limit for number, pos in zip(numbers, list(range(count))): yield number # Test the generator count_to_two = lambda : count_to(2) count_to_five = lambda : count_to(5) print('Counting to two...') for number in count_to_two(): print(number, end=' ') print() print('Counting to five...') for number in count_to_five(): print(number, end=' ') print()