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Python - Itertools.chain.from_iterable()

Last Updated : 12 Jul, 2025
Python's Itertool is a module that provides various functions that work on iterators to produce complex iterators. This module works as a fast, memory-efficient tool that is used either by themselves or in combination to form iterator algebra. Note: For more information, refer to Python Itertools The functions under itertools can be classified into 3 categories
  1. Functions producing Infinite Iterators
  2. Functions producing Iterators terminating on the shortest input sequence
  3. Functions producing Combinatoric generators

Chain.from_iterable() method

The function chain.from_iterable() comes under the category of terminating iterators. This function takes a single iterable as an argument and all the elements of the input iterable should also be iterable and it returns a flattened iterable containing all the elements of the input iterable.
Syntax :
chain.from_iterable(iterable)
Example #1: Output :
['g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's', 'f', 'o', 'r', 'g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's']
Example #2:
Output :
['g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's', 'f', 'o', 'r', 'g', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's', 'w', 'i', 'n', 's']
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