所以，对于那些想知道讨论总结的人。使用以下方法计算5000万长度生成器表达式的最终最高分:

len(列表(创)), Len ([_ for _ in gen])， Sum (1 for _ in gen)， Ilen (gen) (from more_itertool)， Reduce (c, i: c + 1, gen, 0)，

按执行性能排序(包括内存消耗)，会让你大吃一惊:

```

1: test_list.py: 8:0.492 KiB

gen = (i for i in data*1000); t0 = monotonic(); len(list(gen))

('list, sec'， 1.9684218849870376)

2: test_list_compr.py: 8:0.867 KiB

gen = (i for i in data*1000); t0 = monotonic(); len([i for i in gen])

('list_compr, sec'， 2.5885991149989422)

3: test_sum.py:8: 0.859 KiB

gen = (i for i in data*1000); t0 = monotonic(); sum(1 for i in gen); t1 = monotonic()

('sum, sec'， 3.441088170016883)

4: more_itertools/more.py:413: 1.266 KiB

d = deque(enumerate(iterable, 1), maxlen=1)

test_ilen.py:10: 0.875 KiB
gen = (i for i in data*1000); t0 = monotonic(); ilen(gen)

(ilen, sec, 9.812256851990242)

5: test_reduce.py:8: 0.859 KiB

gen = (i for i in data*1000); t0 = monotonic(); reduce(lambda counter, i: counter + 1, gen, 0)

('reduce, sec'， 13.436614598002052) ' ' '

因此，len(list(gen))是使用频率最高且占用内存较少的

def count_iter(iter):
    sum = 0
    for _ in iter: sum += 1
    return sum

一个简单的方法是使用内置函数set()或list():

答:set()在迭代器中没有重复项的情况下(最快的方式)

iter = zip([1,2,3],['a','b','c'])
print(len(set(iter)) # set(iter) = {(1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')}
Out[45]: 3

or

iter = range(1,10)
print(len(set(iter)) # set(iter) = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
Out[47]: 9

B: list()以防迭代器中有重复的项

iter = (1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2)
print(len(list(iter)) # list(iter) = [1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2]
Out[49]: 8
# compare with set function
print(len(set(iter)) # set(iter) = {1, 2}
Out[51]: 2

不。这是不可能的。

例子:

import random

def gen(n):
    for i in xrange(n):
        if random.randint(0, 1) == 0:
            yield i

iterator = gen(10)

迭代器的长度是未知的，直到迭代遍历它。

通常的做法是将这类信息放在文件头中，并让pysam允许您访问这些信息。我不知道格式，但是你检查过API了吗?

正如其他人所说，你不能从迭代器中知道长度。

一个简单的基准:

import collections
import itertools

def count_iter_items(iterable):
    counter = itertools.count()
    collections.deque(itertools.izip(iterable, counter), maxlen=0)
    return next(counter)

def count_lencheck(iterable):
    if hasattr(iterable, '__len__'):
        return len(iterable)

    d = collections.deque(enumerate(iterable, 1), maxlen=1)
    return d[0][0] if d else 0

def count_sum(iterable):           
    return sum(1 for _ in iterable)

iter = lambda y: (x for x in xrange(y))

%timeit count_iter_items(iter(1000))
%timeit count_lencheck(iter(1000))
%timeit count_sum(iter(1000))

结果:

10000 loops, best of 3: 37.2 µs per loop
10000 loops, best of 3: 47.6 µs per loop
10000 loops, best of 3: 61 µs per loop

例如，简单的count_iter_items是可行的方法。

为python3调整:

61.9 µs ± 275 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000 loops each)
74.4 µs ± 190 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000 loops each)
82.6 µs ± 164 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000 loops each)