Python next() built-in function

Python next() built-in function

From the Python 3 documentation Retrieve the next item from the iterator by calling its next() method. If default is given, it is returned if the iterator is exhausted, otherwise StopIteration is raised.

Examples

>>> i = iter([1, 2, 3])
>>> i
# <list_iterator object at 0x7f93158badc0>
>>> i.__next__()
# 1
>>> i.__next__()
# 2
>>> i.__next__()
# 3