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Iterators Use Lazy Evaluation

Explore how iterators in Python use lazy evaluation to produce values only when requested. Understand the advantages of this approach, including reduced memory usage, improved program responsiveness, and handling of potentially infinite sequences. Learn when lazy evaluation is beneficial and when it might be less efficient.

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Lazy evaluation

The only way to get values from an iterator is to request the next item. This means that if you want to get the 100th100^{th} ...