Python: list(filter object) empties the object

Question

guys!

I'm using Python 3.6.1 and got into an interesting issue:

I'm using a simple itertools.filter() to get a sub-list from an

items

list, and then I just print it twice.

items = [1,2,3,4,5]

operateVersions = filter(lambda t: t, items)

print ("1: %s" % list(operateVersions))

print ("2: %s" % list(operateVersions))

The result is weird:

1: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

2: []

so, when i run

list(operateVersions)

it somehow rewrites

operateVersions

filter object instead of just returning the list interpretation

Is it an OK behavior? It doesn't look for me it is

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Answer 1

A filter is a special iterable object, and like a generator, you can only iterate over it once. So essentially it returns an empty list when you run it a second time.

Python: list(filter object) empties the object

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