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itemgetter

operator

function
  • itemgetter(item)
  • itemgetter(*items)
Return a callable object that fetches the given item(s) from its operand.
After f = itemgetter(2), the call f(r) returns r[2].
After g = itemgetter(2, 5, 3), the call g(r) returns (r[2], r[5], r[3])
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1 Example
>>> itemgetter(1)('ABCDEFG')
'B'
>>> itemgetter(1, 3, 5)('ABCDEFG')
('B', 'D', 'F')
>>> itemgetter(slice(2, None))('ABCDEFG')
'CDEFG'
>>> soldier = dict(rank='captain', name='dotterbart')
>>> itemgetter('rank')(soldier)
'captain'
from the Python docs
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