Iterator Objects

Python provides two general-purpose iterator objects. The first, a sequence iterator, works with an arbitrary sequence supporting the :meth:`~object.__getitem__` method. The second works with a callable object and a sentinel value, calling the callable for each item in the sequence, and ending the iteration when the sentinel value is returned.

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PySeqIter_Type
   Type object for iterator objects returned by :c:func:`PySeqIter_New` and the
   one-argument form of the :func:`iter` built-in function for built-in sequence
   types.

.. c:function:: int PySeqIter_Check(PyObject *op)
   Return true if the type of *op* is :c:data:`PySeqIter_Type`.  This function
   always succeeds.

.. c:function:: PyObject* PySeqIter_New(PyObject *seq)
   Return an iterator that works with a general sequence object, *seq*.  The
   iteration ends when the sequence raises :exc:`IndexError` for the subscripting
   operation.

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyCallIter_Type
   Type object for iterator objects returned by :c:func:`PyCallIter_New` and the
   two-argument form of the :func:`iter` built-in function.

.. c:function:: int PyCallIter_Check(PyObject *op)
   Return true if the type of *op* is :c:data:`PyCallIter_Type`.  This
   function always succeeds.

.. c:function:: PyObject* PyCallIter_New(PyObject *callable, PyObject *sentinel)
   Return a new iterator.  The first parameter, *callable*, can be any Python
   callable object that can be called with no parameters; each call to it should
   return the next item in the iteration.  When *callable* returns a value equal to
   *sentinel*, the iteration will be terminated.

Range Objects

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyRange_Type
   The type object for :class:`range` objects.

.. c:function:: int PyRange_Check(PyObject *o)
   Return true if the object *o* is an instance of a :class:`range` object.
   This function always succeeds.

Builtin Iterator Types

These are built-in iteration types that are included in Python's C API, but provide no additional functions. They are here for completeness.

C type	Python type
.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyEnum_Type	:py:class:`enumerate`
.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyFilter_Type	:py:class:`filter`
.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyMap_Type	:py:class:`map`
.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyReversed_Type	:py:class:`reversed`
.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyZip_Type	:py:class:`zip`

Other Iterator Objects

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyByteArrayIter_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyBytesIter_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyListIter_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyListRevIter_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PySetIter_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyTupleIter_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyRangeIter_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyLongRangeIter_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyDictIterKey_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyDictRevIterKey_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyDictIterValue_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyDictRevIterValue_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyDictIterItem_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyDictRevIterItem_Type

.. c:var:: PyTypeObject PyODictIter_Type
   Type objects for iterators of various built-in objects.
   Do not create instances of these directly; prefer calling
   :c:func:`PyObject_GetIter` instead.
   Note that there is no guarantee that a given built-in type uses a given iterator
   type. For example, iterating over :class:`range` will use one of two iterator
   types depending on the size of the range. Other types may start using a
   similar scheme in the future, without warning.