#!/usr/bin/env python
# cardinal_pythonlib/iterhelp.py
"""
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**Iteration assistance functions.**
"""
from itertools import product
from typing import Dict, Iterable
[docs]def product_dict(**kwargs: Iterable) -> Iterable[Dict]:
"""
See
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5228158/cartesian-product-of-a-dictionary-of-lists.
Takes keyword arguments, and yields dictionaries containing every
combination of possibilities for each keyword.
Examples:
.. code-block:: python
>>> list(product_dict(a=[1, 2], b=[3, 4]))
[{'a': 1, 'b': 3}, {'a': 1, 'b': 4}, {'a': 2, 'b': 3}, {'a': 2, 'b': 4}]
>>> list(product_dict(a="x", b=range(3)))
[{'a': 'x', 'b': 0}, {'a': 'x', 'b': 1}, {'a': 'x', 'b': 2}]
>>> product_dict(a="x", b=range(3))
<generator object product_dict at 0x7fb328070678>
""" # noqa
keys = kwargs.keys()
vals = kwargs.values()
for instance in product(*vals):
yield dict(zip(keys, instance))