Iterable

An iterable is an object capable of returning its members one at a time. That means - you can iterate over iterable.

In most cases iterables are lists or tuples, but many other types are also behaving like iterables too. It is even possible to create own classes/objects which will be iterables too if we implement specific magic methods for them.

Let's check what is considered as iterable:

• All sequences!

  • list, tuple, str, range

• Non-sequences:

  • dict, set, file

From Python's point of view iterable is an object that has at least one of the following methods:

• __iter__() - method returning related iterator

• __getitem__() - method to return next item (by key or index)